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19 Injured In Another Train Accident In India

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#Life #India #news #Train ©October 15th, 2024 ®October 16, 2024 9:05 am Not less than 19 persons have been confirmed to have sustained injuries when a Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Superfast Express train collided with a stationary goods train at Kavaraipettai station in India, derailing 12 coaches and setting 3 on fire late on Friday. #OsazuwaAkonedo

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00:00Not less than 19 persons have been confirmed to have sustained injuries when a Mysuru-Dabangga-Bagmati
00:06Superfast Express train collided with a stationary goods train at Kamarapetai station in India,
00:12derailing 12 coaches and setting three on fire late on Friday.
00:16It was gathered that out of the 19 people who sustained injuries, four of them were
00:21in critical condition.
00:24Local media reported that the Mysuru-Dabangga-Bagmati Express collides with the goods train near
00:29Chennai, leading to several coaches derailing and catching fire.
00:34Emergency services rushed to the site of the incident on Friday night as India may be known
00:39for incessant train accidents in recent years.
00:43Unconfirmed reports indicated that the Bagmati Express was apparently running at 75 kmph
00:50when it collided with another train causing 12 coaches to derail and some caught fire.
00:55We had reported in July last year that more than 288 people were killed and 1,000 others
01:02injured in late Friday evening multiple train accident in the Indian state of Odisha.
01:08Two passenger trains and a goods train collided in Balasore, leaving at least 288 people dead
01:15and over 1,000 injured, according to Sudhanshu Sarangi, Director General of Odisha Fire Services.
01:23The accidents considered as the world's deadliest train crash in the recent two decades involved
01:28three trains, the 12,841 Coromandel Express, the 12,864 SMVT Bengaluru-Hauran SF Express
01:39and a goods train.
01:41Residents in Odisha posted video of large numbers of the train dead victims on the floor
01:45at a mortuary or holding room, said to be more than 288 in numbers.
01:52The three trains, Bengaluru-Hauran Superfast Express, Shalimar Chennai Central Coromandel
01:58Express and a goods train collided at Bahanagar station in the Balasore district of Odisha.
02:05The triple crash is the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years as wreckage
02:10debris was seen piled high at the crash site where some carriages had been tossed far from
02:15the tracks and others flipped over entirely.
02:18Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the accident site of where he reviewed
02:24the ongoing relief and rescue operation works.
02:28He was seen interacting with local authorities, personnel from the disaster relief forces,
02:33railways officials and thereafter worked round the crashed site.
02:38He also visited the hospital to see the victims undergoing medical treatment as at the time
02:43of filing in those reports.
02:46On Friday evening the accident occurred.
02:48Smashed train compartments were torn open leaving blood-stained holes in their sides.
02:54Stable survivors joined others to rescue those trapped inside the trains.
02:59Rescue operation continued overnight till Saturday with the Indian military personnel
03:04called to support the rescue efforts just as carriages flipped over entirely in the
03:08crash land on Friday as the rescue team searched for survivors trapped in the mangled wreckage,
03:14with scores of bodies laid out under white sheets beside the tracks.
03:18The cause of the train accident is yet to be officially stated as unconfirmed reports
03:23indicated that during the same time the tragic train accident, the Kanyakumari Express also
03:28tried to be derailed by track sabotage near Trichy by placing large tyres on track by
03:33miscreants.
03:34Vigilant railway authorities were however said to be able to stop the sabotage.
03:40Also, few days ago, the Alapura-Kanye Express was said to be targeted for acid located only
03:48100 meters away from a massive BPCL fuel storage tank.
03:53The intention, according to local media was to cause a huge blast from the fuel tank that
03:59could have flattened the entire area.
04:02Two months ago, miscreants was reported to attempt to carry out a similar attack on the
04:07same train but were apprehended.
04:10Last year, on November 22nd, again, local media in India reported that disaster was
04:17averted.
04:19After finding a confirmed terror incident done to create optics, kill as many, by cracking
04:25open train tracks.
04:27Accordingly, Indian intelligence was reportedly said to be able to avert the disaster for
04:33the Udaipur-Ahmedabad route.
04:40For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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