Odisha train accident: Getting into AC bogey with general ticket saved this security guard's life

Laxman Barik, 55, from Baisinga of Mayurbhanj district had booked a ticket in general bogey in Coromandel Express for Chennai where he was working as a security guard. As he reached late at Balasore station, in a hurry he boarded an AC bogey and had a miraculous escape as the general bogies were the worst hit, killing majority of passengers in the superfast express that met with a tragic accident at Bahanaga on Friday. Barik has been undergoing treatment at Capital Hospital here and said he will never forget the fateful night for the rest of his life.