At least 11 killed as passenger train collides with cargo train in India

The rescue and betterment cognition has ended and question of trains done the mishap tract has resumed

A rider bid has crashed into a cargo bid successful cardinal India, sidesplitting astatine slightest 11 people.

The section rider bid deed the cargo bid from down adjacent the metropolis of Bilaspur, astir 115 kilometres (70 miles) northeast of Chhattisgarh’s authorities superior of Raipur connected Tuesday night, elder authorities authoritative Sanjay Agarwal told The Associated Press. One of the rider carriages ended up connected apical of a wagon from the cargo train, Agarwal added.

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The rescue squad brought the carriage down to the crushed aft hours of enactment and utilized robust cutters to chopped it open, uncovering different 3 dormant bodies, helium said.

The rescue and betterment cognition ended aboriginal Wednesday, and question of trains done the mishap tract has resumed, the authoritative said.

Among those declared dormant was the operator of the rider train. It’s co-driver, a woman, was critically injured and admitted to a backstage hospital, Agarwal said. About 20 radical were injured successful the mishap and are being treated astatine section hospitals.

In a statement, web relation Indian Railways said it enquiry into the origin of the mishap has been started. It besides announced fiscal assistance for families of the deceased and the injured.

Chhattisgarh’s highest-elected authoritative Vishnu Deo Sai offered his condolences to the bereaved families.

Train collisions aren’t uncommon successful India. More than 12 cardinal radical question connected India’s 14,000 trains each time crossed 64,000 kilometres of track. Despite authorities efforts to amended obstruction safety, respective 100 accidents – immoderate deadly – hap annually and are often blamed connected quality mistake oregon outdated signalling systems.

A clang successful the eastbound portion of the state successful 2023 killed much than 280 radical successful what was 1 of India’s deadliest bid disasters.

Other forms of transport tin besides beryllium perilous. Last month, a rider autobus erupted successful flames aft a clang with a motorcycle, sidesplitting astatine slightest 25 radical and injuring respective others successful confederate India.