A Freight train without a drive on board was speeding over 43.4 miles (70km) through a station in Northern India. Indian Railways has ordered an investigation after the unmanned train which was on its way to Punjab from Jammu, was moving down a sloping track after the driver and assistant got off for a crew change. The 53-wagon train, carrying stone chips, gained speed of nearly 62mph (100km/h) and managed to cross about five stations before it was brought to a halt. The train was stopped after a railway official placed wood blocks on the tracks to stop the train. Authorities closed off railway crossings along its path, and no-one was hurt.
According to reports the train ran without a driver from Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir to Hosiarpur district in Punjab on Sunday.