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Four passengers die as 12 coaches of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derail in Uttar Pradesh.

A rescue team has been dispatched to the location to conduct relief operations. Visuals depict passengers standing at the sides of the track with their luggage.

Four passengers have died and 2 are injured after several coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express train derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda today. The incident occurred in Pikaura, located between Gonda and Jhilahi in Uttar Pradesh.

A rescue team has been sent to the site for relief operations. Visuals show passengers standing on the sides of the track with their luggage. Train number 15904 was heading to Dibrugarh in Assam from Chandigarh.

A 40-member medical team with 15 ambulances is at the spot, and more ambulances are on their way to the accident site.

Out of the 12 coaches, four coaches of the AC compartment derailed a few kilometers before the Jhulahi railway station. Several trains have been impacted on the route, and a few have been diverted, according to Pankaj Singh, CPRO of North Eastern Railways.