Some 18 persons are receiving treatment at two separate hospitals for minor injuries they sustained in their attempt to escape from a passenger train at the Butuah Train Station in Takoradi in the Western Region.
According to reports, the passenger train had stopped at the Butuah Train Station for routine formalities when smoke was detected billowing from the engine.
Passengers onboard the coach, close to the engine, on seeing the smoke became alarmed and started running towards the other coaches amidst shouts of “the train has caught fire”.
Other passengers who heard the wails of the fleeing passengers also became alarmed and started to panic.
Those close to the windows took the emergency hammer attached to the train and smashed the windows to enable them escape.
Several of the passengers including students who were on-board, out of fear and desperation, all attempted to pass through the broken window at once causing a stampede.
Those who were able to pass through the broken windows were cut by the broken glasses, leaving them with injuries to their legs, arms and other parts of their body.
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