A passenger train has derailed and several wagons that have overturned have been hit by another train traveling from the opposite direction. The accident took place in Bahanaga, Odisha state.
At least 70 people were killed and another 350 injured on Friday after a passenger train derailed and several overturned carriages were hit by another train traveling in the opposite direction in eastern India, official sources have reported, India’s PTI agency has reported.
The accident took place near the station in the municipality Bahanagain the state of odishawhere rescue teams continue to work quickly to assist the possibly injured who are still on the scene.
He coromandel expressthat covered the route from Calcutta to Chennaieventually crashed into the derailed wagons of another railroad on its way from Bangalore to Kolkatasaid Ministry of Railways spokesman Amitabh Sharma.
Following the news, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, expressed his regret about the accident and sent an encouraging message to the relatives of the victims. “Rescue operations are being carried out at the scene of the accident,” he said on his official Twitter profile.
the Indian president, Draupadi Murmu, has joined Prime Minister Modi’s condolences. “My heart goes out to the bereaved families. I pray for the success of the rescue operations and the speedy recovery of the injured,” said the Indian head of state.
This is India’s worst rail accident since 2016when a train derailment in the north of the country left at least 138 dead and 200 injured, one of the worst accidents in recent years.
train accidents Are frequent in India. In 2020, there were 13,018 accidents, killing 11,986 people and injuring a further 11,127, with collisions being the cause of 70% of accidents.
With a length of 68,000 kilometers, India’s rail network is the fourth in the world after the United States, Russia and China, has some 21,650 trains and 7,349 stations across the country and carries some 23 million passengers.
Source: EITB
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