Without a driver, the train covered 70 kilometers.

 Without a driver, the train covered 70 kilometers.

 

After a freight train drove over 70 kilometers without a driver, Indian Railways conducted an investigation.

Social media videos show the train rushing by a number of stations.

According to Indian Railways, the train has been halted, and the BBC reports that no one was hurt.

The 53-car chipboard-carrying train stopped in Kathua to replenish its crew before continuing on to Punjab from Jammu.


 

Following the departure of the train driver and his helper, officials said he began to move down the incline on the railroad lines.

At a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour, the train passed five stops before coming to a stop.

"The train was stopped after a railway official placed wooden blocks on the tracks," sources told PTI.

The train slowed down thanks to the wooden obstacles.