UP train mishap: Mother's stick saves family of 7

Patna: An elderly woman’s charri (stick) proved to be the saviour for a family of seven from Muzaffarpur in the tragic Indore-Patna Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh.

The family of a businessman, Manoj Chaurasia of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, had boarded the train and were going home to Patna.

“Trapped inside the damaged bogie, I broke the window pane with the help of my mother’s stick and managed to come out along with my family,” Mr Chaurasia told the reporters recalling his miraculous escape.