Youngest survivor of Kalka Mail mishap,Samar

Samar along with his parents came out through emergency window when mishap took place.

“Mujhe bahut dar laga (I was very scared),” a traumatised 5-year old Samar said as he arrived Delhi along with his parents after surviving the Kalka Mail derailment.

Perhaps the youngest survivor of the accident,Samar was sleeping inside S-9 coach when the mishap took place at around 12.30 pm on Sunday near Malwa station in Uttar Pradesh.

He was woken up by his father Samar,who works in Faridabad.

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“We all came out through the emergency door and since then I am completely terrified,” he said.

His father said they reached Kanpur from the accident site by bus and boarded the special train to Delhi.

On his arrival,Samar was administered a tetanus injection for his minor leg injury.

Samar’s mother complained that except tea and biscuits,Railways did not provide them any food during the journey from Kanpur.

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