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Swap of seat saves passenger's life

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A last-minute exchange of coaches for a fellow passenger's convenience saved Anil Kumar's life.

A passenger of the Awadh-Assam Express, which collided with Brahmaputra Mail at Gaisal station in West Bengal's North Dinjapur on Monday killing over 400 people, Anil Kumar lived because he was gracious enough to concede a request for shifting to S2 bogie from S1 so that a fellow passenger could be with his relatives.

S-I bogie which was next to the engine was reduced to a mangled mass of metal following the impact. S-2 which was three compartments away from the engine remained more or less intact.

Nursing his wounds at Islampur hospital, Anil Kumar said: ''God is great. I can't think of what would have happened if we had been on S-1. I am living the life of my co-passenger who mooted the exchange.''

Following is the list of persons admitted to the BSF Hospital, Kadamtola

Ramesh Kumar Dubey, 124 bn BSF
Head Constable Somraj, 03 CRPF
Head Constable K D Barua, 48 CRPF
Sepoy Phull Kumar, 1812 Pioneer Army
Head Constable Ram Sankar Roy, 60 CRPF
Head Constable Bindu Khan, 84 CRPF
Naik Harilal Kukhwah, 16 Mahar Regiment
Head Constable S N Choudhury, EME JKLI
Water Carrier Makat Bihari,109 BSF
Constable L Sarmah, 80 Crpf
Water Carrier Kari Sarma, 81 BSF
Capt. Sampa Milan, 154 GM
Lance Naik Harish Kumar, 109 BSF.

All are seriously injured.

Injured admitted to the Kishanganj Medical College

B N Pandey
Parvat Sarkar
Sarya Narayan
Ravi Baxi
Rasiraj (CRPF)
Rajendra Prasad
Jahangir Khan
Surendar
Sriram
Rambahadur
Devendar Pandey
Manoj Kumar
Anil Dev
Zammurdin
Kamlesh Babu
Arjun Pawan
Jalaludin
Ram Mahato
Ms Bodda
Meena Devi
Sahela Khatoon
Mangala Devi
Kiran
Mr Nikta
Harveet Singh
Md K L Khan
Md Kashul
B R Pandey (CRPF)
Gulchand
Minu Devi
Leela Devi
B Bahadur Singh

Injured being treated at Civil Hospital, Kishanganj

Raju
Biswanath Oraon
Uma Shankar Yadav
Dhanno
Shiv Lal
Dulal Bhowmik
Dipahi
Gudu Sahani
Ramen Singh (CRPF)
Purna Oraon
Biren Das
Bhatwa Oraon
Pintoo
Mr Fatia
Sukumari
Manoj Singh
Baharul Islam
Upen Mandal
Shyam Sundar
Rama Shankar
Mujibur Mia
Hajara Bibi
Hakim Ali
Noorjamal
Md. Lalmia
Pradeep Kumar
Sadhan Mandal
Dinesh Paswan
Lalan Singh
Birendar Sah
S C Munnu
Sahadeo Hembaram

Injured admitted to the New Jalpaiguri Railway Hospital

Chauhan Tinti
Ratna rai
Pam Srivastava
Khokaram Das
Md Mustaque
Md Mumtaj Alam
Md Kalam
Md Islam
Kushbal Sangma
Bhushan Srivastava
Indra Badhadur Rai

Injured admitted to the Army Hospital, Bengdubi

Mangal Bahadur Pak Dasarath Mani
Debojyoti Handique
Rakesh Ramprasad
Rajendra Singh
Archar Singh
Sipoy Prem Kumar
Prasanna Kumar (radio technician)

Injured admitted to the North Bengal Medical College Hospital.

A Arora
Abha Kumar
Abnash Gupta
Asasarna Shekhar
Alok Dutta
Amarath Singh
Amiya Sarkar
Anita Sarka
Ansmita Ray
Arati Maya
Ashok Dutta
Ashok Kumar
Ashok Singh Bora
B S Pator
B R Yaosh
Basirat Mahato
Basirat Rai
Beti Begum
Bhagat Singh
Bhata Mech
Bhasya Narayan Singh
Bhupandar Singh
Bhubaneswari
Bhupendra Singh
Bikash Kumar
Bikram Singh
Birendra Singh
Bishandar Choudhury
Brajesh Singh
Buni Das
Dakpaul
Das Mohan Thakur
Desraj

Injured being treated at the Paramanduri High School, Guwahati

Devendra Rai
Chaneswan Choudhury
Dinesh Kumar
Jogendra Mohan
G S Adhikan
Bhus Narayan Tewan
Sochnath Sarkar (child)
Sunil Das
Somath Sekhar
Gopal Sekhar
Habildar Ram
Habildar Behanlal
Habildar Pandey
Hanssara
Jahar Ali
Jagadish Das
Jaimuddin
Jitu Mech
Joy Krishna Shama
K B Limbu
K Das
Kamkar
Kacer Manto
Lakhan Singh
Lakshman Singh
Lanchnayak Aarwes
Lanchnayak K Bam
M K Chk
Mahinder Singh
Malati Devi
Biswanath Patel
Malati Devi
Anjah Dey (child)
Manager Mahato s/o Jamun Mahato
Mangesh
Manu Das
Md Fakurddin
Md Rafique
Mityunjoy Bhattacharya
Manakisho Jadav
Naren Das
Naresh Kumar
Nanvaddun Mandal
Nayak Ram Kumar Singh
Nayan Bhai
Nisha Roy
Nizamuddin
Nausad Mian
Subir Singh
Omprakash
Pervez Atam
Pratab Chand Sahu
Puashaw
Pamila Naste
Peeu Mala
Prem Shankar
Pradip Bora
Protap Sinha
R K Snvasjaya
R P Chaturvedi
Radhika Singh
Rajesh Patnaik
Rajmohan Thakur
Rajpal Singh
Rakesh Kumar
Rakesh Kumar Rai
Ram Singh Mahato
Ramasish Yadav
Ramjal Ali
Ramprasad
Ranju Singh
Ratan Das
Rupak Das
S Dey Chanda
S Das
S K Bala
Sabita Das
Sabita Das
Sadhu Mandal
Samar Das
Sadb Mandal
Samar Dey Sarkar
Sambla Prasad
Sanu AH
Santora Singh
Santa w/o Ramkumar
Sarawwati Devi
Sepoi Preetam Singh
Shankar Das
Srivasshan
Siar Singh
Siresh Kamti
Srinath Singh
Sitaram
Solman (female)
Ram Amny Gour
Subedar Pasubir Singh
Subedar Raghubir Singh
Subal
Subhas Nag
Thakur
Sulekh Paul
Suraj Suresh
Suresh Rai
Sushil Kumar Sarma
U N Kansu
U Raj Sharma
U S Das
Vijoy Rai

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