In a freak mishap on the Western Railway section in Mumbai, the second one in two days, the Bandra-Amritsar Paschim Express special train hit a contractor-s lorry parked close to the railway tracks, near Kandivli. A similar incident involving a lorry and a local train had happened on Saturday. Western Railway officials had said after the Saturday incident that they would be careful about such incidents in the future and ironically, a similar mishap occurred on Monday.

A WR spokesperson said that the incident occurred around 12:38 pm and the train was detained till 1:28 pm. There were no casualties or injuries, but WR has suspended four people and said they will institute an inquiry into the matter.