Train Accident in Tamil Nadu: Bagmati Express train collides with stationary goods carrier; rescue & relief work underway

Train Accident successful Tamil Nadu: In precocious hours connected Friday, October 11, an Express bid collided with a goods bid successful Tamil Nadu, injuring respective passengers and causing 1 of the coaches to drawback fire. The goods bid was reported to beryllium stationary astatine the clip of the accident. The bid mishap caused nary reported casualties, with rescue teams swiftly evacuating much than 95 per cent of passengers from the affected coaches. 

What Caused the Train Accident? 

The bid mishap took spot erstwhile the Express bid entered a loopline alternatively of the main enactment astatine Kavarapettai station, hitting the stationary freight bid astatine a velocity of astir 75 kilometres per hour. The fire, reported successful 1 of the coaches, was extinguished immediately, avoiding immoderate casualty. Rescue teams evacuated implicit 95 per cent of passengers from the impacted coaches.

Tamil Nadu Railway Accident | No Loss of Life Thanks to Swift Action by Authorities 

Authorities were reportedly monitoring the situation. Expressing daze astatine the mishap, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said the rescue and alleviation enactment was being monitored. The authorities is engaged successful swift alleviation and rescue activities and the injured were being moved to hospitals, the CM said. 

According to the Railway Board, nary casualty was reported truthful acold successful the bid collision, which took spot connected the Ponneri-Kavarapettai spot of the Chennai Rail Division.

"We received accusation of collision of the Bagmati Express with a freight bid astatine the Kavarapettai presumption successful the Chennai Division. Rescue and alleviation squad reached the mishap tract immediately," said Railway Board Executive Director-Information and Publicity Dilip Kumar successful a video connection released soon aft the incident. 

The bid nary 12578 Mysuru Dibrugarh Darbabgah Express with LHB coaches, aft crossing Ponneri presumption successful Tiruvallur territory astatine 20.27 hours connected October 11, was fixed greenish awesome to spell on. However, "while entering the Kavaraipettai station, the bid unit experienced dense jerk and alternatively of going into the main enactment arsenic per the awesome given, the bid entered into the Loop/line@75kmp & deed the Goods bid lasting successful loop line," a Southern Railway property merchandise said.

The Mysuru-Dibrugarh Express bid (Train No. 12578) passed Ponneri presumption astatine 8:27 p.m. connected October 11, and contempt receiving a greenish signal, the bid unexpectedly took a incorrect crook into a broadside way portion entering Kavarapettai station, according to the Southern Railway, 1 of the zones served by the Indian Railways.

Tamil Nadu Train Mishap News | Crew Safe, occurrence doused, coaches derailed...

While the unit was reported to beryllium safe, a occurrence caught by the parcel van was enactment retired by occurrence tenders. The Railways said bid question successful the impacted agelong was closed.

About 12-13 coaches were derailed successful the accident. 

A abstracted squad was moving connected facilitating the onward travel and the attraction of the impacted passengers, according to authorities.

Rescue teams were reportedly removing damaged coaches from the tracks, with exigency responders, including doctors and ambulances, having been deployed promptly to the site.

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