<p> Survivors of the Hirakhand Express mishap today recounted their horrific experience when the trains nine bogies and the engine jumped off the track near Kuneru in Andhra Pradesh.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"It was horrific and frightening. I was among the lucky ones to have escaped narrowly after the mishap that struck late last night," said Ranjan Mohanty, a Baripada college Principal.<br /><br />Mohanty, who was returning in the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express train after attending the wedding ceremony of a relative, said he was sleeping and woke up with a sudden jerk and deafening sound to find himself on the floor.<br /><br />While the derailment claimed at least 39 lives, the passengers, Mohanty said, travelling in his coach escaped with minor injuries and fractures.<br /><br />However, the adjacent S-9 coach was perhaps one of the worst affected, Mohanty said, adding he was among the survivors who were sent by a special train to Bhubaneswar via Sambalpur from where he would proceed to Baripada.<br /><br />Similar was the experience of Prakash Sahu, a youth who failed to figure out as to what exactly had happened when a loud bang woke him up from deep sleep and he was flung from the berth.<br /><br />Sahu said he along with some fellow passengers managed to move out of the coach with much difficulty and to comprehend what had happened.<br /><br />"We are lucky enough to be alive though our belongings, mobile phones and other articles were lost," he said.</p>
<p> Survivors of the Hirakhand Express mishap today recounted their horrific experience when the trains nine bogies and the engine jumped off the track near Kuneru in Andhra Pradesh.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"It was horrific and frightening. I was among the lucky ones to have escaped narrowly after the mishap that struck late last night," said Ranjan Mohanty, a Baripada college Principal.<br /><br />Mohanty, who was returning in the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express train after attending the wedding ceremony of a relative, said he was sleeping and woke up with a sudden jerk and deafening sound to find himself on the floor.<br /><br />While the derailment claimed at least 39 lives, the passengers, Mohanty said, travelling in his coach escaped with minor injuries and fractures.<br /><br />However, the adjacent S-9 coach was perhaps one of the worst affected, Mohanty said, adding he was among the survivors who were sent by a special train to Bhubaneswar via Sambalpur from where he would proceed to Baripada.<br /><br />Similar was the experience of Prakash Sahu, a youth who failed to figure out as to what exactly had happened when a loud bang woke him up from deep sleep and he was flung from the berth.<br /><br />Sahu said he along with some fellow passengers managed to move out of the coach with much difficulty and to comprehend what had happened.<br /><br />"We are lucky enough to be alive though our belongings, mobile phones and other articles were lost," he said.</p>