Kolkata, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav visited the train collision site at Rangpani near New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal on Monday afternoon and took stock of the situation.

Ashwini sat on the back of the motorcycle for some distance till the accident site, as the road was narrow for big vehicles to move.

According to a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official, a goods train collided with Sealdah-bound Kanchenjunga Express from behind near Rangpani station on Monday morning, resulting in the death of several people and injuries to several others.