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9 killed, 100 injured in TN train crash
Chitheri (TN), Sept 14 (PTI) Nine persons were killed and
100 others injured when a speeding passenger train rammed into
a stationary train in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
leading to derailment of five coaches.
The Chennai Beach-Vellore Cantonment Mainline Electrical
Multiple Unit (MEMU) train rammed into the Arakkonam-Katpadi
passenger from behind as it was waiting for a signal at
Chitheri station, about 90 kms from Chennai, around 9.40 PM
last night, police and railway officials said.
Of the nine killed, bodies of seven have been recovered
and efforts were on to retrieve the other two buried under the
mangled bogies, IG North Zone Shailendra Babu said.
He said nearly 100 people including the driver of the MEMU
train were injured and of them 83 were admitted to nearby
Arakkonam Government hospital. Later, 25 injured were shifted
to Chennai for treatment, he said, adding "all of them are out
of danger".
Southern Railway General Manager Deepak Krishnan said the
MEMU driver had apparently ignored the signal and speed
restrictions.
The Arakonam-Katpadi passenger was waiting for the
signal. Being an automatic signalling territory, trains move
one after another in this section, he said.
"Normally the previous signal would be danger (red). But
apparently the MEMU train driver has not adhered to the
signal," he said.
Officials said the last bogie of the stationary passenger
train bore the brunt under the impact of the collision.
This is the third major accident in two months.On July
10, 70 people were killed when the Howrah-Kalka Mail derailed
near Kanpur and three weeks later some coaches of Guwahati
-Bangalore Express derailed in eastern Indian state West
Bengal's Malda district and were hit by another train leaving
three dead.
The impact of the collision could be gauged from the heap
of mangled metal and derailed bogies which the rescue workers
are trying to clear.
Personnel of Tamil Nadu Commando police, Special police
and National Disaster Response Force besides Naval personnel
from the nearby INS Rajali base have been deployed for rescue
and relief works, which were initially hampered by heavy rains
and poor light.
Passengers' bags and other belongings and metal parts of
the train were seen strewn around the site which become slushy
because of heavy overnight rains.
The accident disrupted running of several trains to
Coimbatore and Bangalore in the Chennai-Katpadi section and
both the up and down track were expected to be restored by
around 6 PM Wednesday, they said.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr V S Vijay visited the
accident spot last night along with district officials and
reviewed the relief measures. PTI DSJ
HMI
100 others injured when a speeding passenger train rammed into
a stationary train in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
leading to derailment of five coaches.
The Chennai Beach-Vellore Cantonment Mainline Electrical
Multiple Unit (MEMU) train rammed into the Arakkonam-Katpadi
passenger from behind as it was waiting for a signal at
Chitheri station, about 90 kms from Chennai, around 9.40 PM
last night, police and railway officials said.
Of the nine killed, bodies of seven have been recovered
and efforts were on to retrieve the other two buried under the
mangled bogies, IG North Zone Shailendra Babu said.
He said nearly 100 people including the driver of the MEMU
train were injured and of them 83 were admitted to nearby
Arakkonam Government hospital. Later, 25 injured were shifted
to Chennai for treatment, he said, adding "all of them are out
of danger".
Southern Railway General Manager Deepak Krishnan said the
MEMU driver had apparently ignored the signal and speed
restrictions.
The Arakonam-Katpadi passenger was waiting for the
signal. Being an automatic signalling territory, trains move
one after another in this section, he said.
"Normally the previous signal would be danger (red). But
apparently the MEMU train driver has not adhered to the
signal," he said.
Officials said the last bogie of the stationary passenger
train bore the brunt under the impact of the collision.
This is the third major accident in two months.On July
10, 70 people were killed when the Howrah-Kalka Mail derailed
near Kanpur and three weeks later some coaches of Guwahati
-Bangalore Express derailed in eastern Indian state West
Bengal's Malda district and were hit by another train leaving
three dead.
The impact of the collision could be gauged from the heap
of mangled metal and derailed bogies which the rescue workers
are trying to clear.
Personnel of Tamil Nadu Commando police, Special police
and National Disaster Response Force besides Naval personnel
from the nearby INS Rajali base have been deployed for rescue
and relief works, which were initially hampered by heavy rains
and poor light.
Passengers' bags and other belongings and metal parts of
the train were seen strewn around the site which become slushy
because of heavy overnight rains.
The accident disrupted running of several trains to
Coimbatore and Bangalore in the Chennai-Katpadi section and
both the up and down track were expected to be restored by
around 6 PM Wednesday, they said.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr V S Vijay visited the
accident spot last night along with district officials and
reviewed the relief measures. PTI DSJ
HMI
