Railway Probe After 50-Coach Runaway Train's 70-km Journey Without Driver

Around 50 carriages set off solo, careering from Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab, before being brought to a halt by wooden blocks placed on the tracks on Sunday.

Indian Railways said Monday it had ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 70 km without a driver.

Around 50 carriages set off solo, careering from Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab, before being brought to a halt by wooden blocks placed on the tracks on Sunday.

"We have ordered an inquiry," Northern Railways spokesman Deepak Kumar told AFP, adding that no one was hurt in the incident.