Train kills at least 10 crossing track in southern India
- 10 years ago
Originally published on November 3, 2013
At least 10 people were killed and over a dozen injured when they were run over by a train in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, according to a report by The Hindu newspaper.
The incident occurred after a passenger on an express train pulled the train's emergency chain.
The train came to a halt at a railway station 10km from Vizianagaram, in eastern Andhra Pradesh.
Panic erupted after a rumor that several cars had caught fire quickly spread. Passengers fled the train and crossed the railway tracks.
They failed to notice an oncoming train on the adjacent track coming around a bend in the opposite direction.
"The passengers of the Alleppey-Dhanbad Express train pulled the (emergency) chain and got down. The Raigarh-Vijaywada train running on the other line ran over them," a railway official told a local television channel, according to a report by Malaysia's The Sun Daily.
Senior state government officials ordered an inquiry into the incident.
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At least 10 people were killed and over a dozen injured when they were run over by a train in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, according to a report by The Hindu newspaper.
The incident occurred after a passenger on an express train pulled the train's emergency chain.
The train came to a halt at a railway station 10km from Vizianagaram, in eastern Andhra Pradesh.
Panic erupted after a rumor that several cars had caught fire quickly spread. Passengers fled the train and crossed the railway tracks.
They failed to notice an oncoming train on the adjacent track coming around a bend in the opposite direction.
"The passengers of the Alleppey-Dhanbad Express train pulled the (emergency) chain and got down. The Raigarh-Vijaywada train running on the other line ran over them," a railway official told a local television channel, according to a report by Malaysia's The Sun Daily.
Senior state government officials ordered an inquiry into the incident.
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