A passenger train entered a track occupied by a second parked freight train, collided and derailed. At that time, another passenger train passing through the station collided with both. It is India’s worst rail accident in the 21st century.
The Indian authorities this Sunday revised the number of deaths in the United States downwards Collision of three East Indian trains last Friday, where a multiple train accident left at least 275 killed and 1175 injured. As for the causes of this accident, the latest investigations point to it a combination of technical error in the signaling system and negligence of the people responsible for it.
“The death toll is 275, not 288, because it turns out we double-counted some bodies,” he said. Pradeep Jena, secretary general of this Indian state, close to the east coast of the country. Of the deceased, 88 have already been identified and of the 1,175 injured, 793 have already received a medical discharge, he added in statements collected by the Indian chain News18, although it is possible that the figure will rise again in the near future. o’clock.
The accident happened in the area last Friday balasoorin the eastern state of odisha, when a passenger train entered a track occupied by a second parked freight train, it collided and derailed. At that time, another passenger train passing through the station collided with both. It is about India’s worst rail accident in the 21st century.
For its part, the Member of the Board of Operations Committee of the National Railway Board, Jaya Varma Sinhaon Sunday gave more details about how the accident occurred, attributing it to a combination of a technical error in the signaling system and negligence on the part of those responsible.
The passenger train drove onto the busy track almost 130 kilometers per hourand collided with a stationary freight train. The cars “exploded” and landed back on the main track. There was another train, two wagons of which collided with the remains of the first at about the same speed, which ultimately caused the mass accident. About 2,000 people traveled on board both trains.
Source: EITB
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