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submitted 8 months ago by Squire1039@lemm.ee to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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A driverless goods train in India traveled over 40 miles (70 km) reaching nearly 62 mph (100 km/h) before being stopped safely.
The incident occurred on Sunday morning when the train, carrying chip stones, stopped to change crew and was left without the handbrake applied.
Officials used wooden blocks on the tracks to slow down and eventually stop the train, preventing a potential accident.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the incident is under investigation, and railway crossings were closed as a precaution.
In June, more than 280 people died in a train crash in the Balasore district of Odisha, near the Bay of Bengal.

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