Four persons from Thrissur travelling in the ill-fated Coromandel Express had a miraculous escape with minor injuries.
Kiran of Anthikkad, Vijish of Karalam, Vaishakh of Kandassankadavu, and Raghu of Karumukkau, who went to Kolkata for the work of a temple, were retuning home when the train met with the tragic accident in Odisha on Friday.
Even before they could make out what was happening, the train turned over twice followed by a huge sound and screaming of passengers, they recall. There were bleeding bodies around. Many of their fellow-passengers were killed. They were standing in the coach at the time of accident. They could escape by breaking open the emergency exit.