Around fifty wagons, loaded with gravel, traveled solo at 100 km/hour, from the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab, in the north of the country. The incident took place departing from Jammu station where the train had parked to allow a crew change.
Shortly after the driver and his teammate disembarked, the train rolled down the slope alone. All level crossings on its route have been closed to prevent any accidents. The deadliest accident in the country's history remains that of June 6, 1981, when seven wagons from a train crossing a bridge fell into the Bagmati River.