167 'lucky' passengers of ill-fated Kalka Mail arrive in Delhi

New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) It was a train journey that
these passengers would certainly want to forget but the
memories of them getting trapped inside the ill-fated Kalka
Mail and others screaming for help would linger on through
their life time.
Some 167 passengers, who survived the derailment of
the Delhi-bound express train Sunday in the north Indian state
Uttar Pradesh, arrived here Monday with horror tales to
narrate to their relatives and media persons who were waiting
for them at the Delhi railway station here.
They came here by a special train from Uttar Pradesh.
Terrified and shocked, the passengers thanked god and
recounted memories of Sunday's accident which killed over
50 people and injured 150 others.
"I am thankful to God for keeping me alive today. If I
am talking today, it is only because of him," was all Dilip,
an injured passengers, could say after his arrival here.
Dilip along with Badal, Sanjay and Susan were
travelling in the general compartment of the Delhi-bound
train.
Dilip's head banged against the window of the coach
due to the sudden impact of the accident near Malwa station in
Uttar Pradesh.
"I could not realise what happened at first but after
a few minutes we realised the gravity of the situation," Badal
who also received minor injury said.
"We wriggled to safety through the windows as there
was no other way to escape. It was a miraculous escape because
and we saw dead bodies all around," Badal said.