New Delhi, June 1
A 45-year-old man was killed and 19 were injured as the New Delhi-bound Magadh Express derailed between Baruna and Buxar railway stations under the Danapur rail division in Bihar early this morning.

Railway officials said in the Capital that identity of the passenger killed, who was travelling from Patna to Allahabad, had not been established yet. They said 14 coaches of the train derailed.

The passengers, who had sustained minor injuries, were discharged from the Buxer Sadar Hospital after first-aid.

Officials said medical vans with relief material and doctors had reached the site. A railway spokesman said that the General Manager (East-Central Railway) and the Divisional Railway Manager, Danapur, had reached the site to supervise the relief work. Normal service have resumed on the down line, he added.

He said the Railways had announced an ex gratia of Rs 1 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased, Rs 15,000 to seriously injured and Rs 5,000 to those who had suffered minor injuries.