At least over two hundred people were killed in a train accident involving the derailment of the Coromandel Express and the Bengaluru-Howrah Express train and a collision with a goods train in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday evening. . Learn how the accident happened

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The death toll in the train accident involving the derailment of the Coromandel Express and the Bengaluru-Howrah Express train and a collision with a goods train in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday evening has risen to has exceeded. In the accident 692 more passengers have been injured. Massive relief and rescue work is going on after the accident.

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Odisha Chief Secretary PK Jena tweeted that the death toll in the Balasore train accident has risen to Has become. This horrific accident was near Kolkata 203 Near Bahanga Bazar station in Balasore district, kilometer south on Friday evening at about seven o’clock. Happened. The Ministry of Railways has ordered an inquiry into the accident.

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Indian Railways said in a statement that the investigation of this train accident will be done by AM Chaudhary, Commissioner of Railway Safety, South East Circle. A railway official told that going to Howrah 21824 Bengaluru Several coaches of the Howrah Superfast Express derailed at Bahanaga market and fell on another track. These coaches derailed 21824 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express collided with and its coaches also overturned.

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A railway official said that the coaches of the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express collided with a goods train after derailing, due to which the goods train also came under the grip of the accident. , train accidentpti

According to Gautam Mukhopadhyay, who was traveling in the Shalimar-Chennai Express, suddenly there was a loud sound and with that the bogies climbed on top of each other like toys. It felt as if an earthquake had occurred. They shuddered completely. Gautam was going to Bhubaneswar with his family after summer vacations. His reservation was in A-1 bogie of Shalimar-Chennai Express. Side upper and lower berths were reserved for them. Narrating the incident, he said that after the incident there was hue and cry of people inside the train. By the grace of God, he and his wife were saved. Somehow they could come out of the train.

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There is a possibility of increasing the number of dead in the incident. It is being told that hundreds of passengers are trapped in the overturned bogies. The magnitude of the accident can be gauged from the fact that the bogies had rammed into each other in such a way that many could not be pulled out at all. The maximum damage has been done to the front general bogies of the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express. The general coaches in front were jam-packed with passengers.

Odisha Train AccidentPublished Date

Sat, Jun 3, 2023, 9: 26 AM IST