In Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, two passenger trains crashed Friday night, resulting in 13 fatalities and 54 injuries.
In the Vizianagaram region of Andhra Pradesh, two passenger trains crashed on Sunday, resulting in at least 13 deaths and 54 injuries.
The Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger special (08504) collided with the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger (08532) at approximately 7:10 p.m.
Human error has been identified by India Railways as a potential contributing factor, with the Rayagada-bound train most likely jumping the signal.
According to Sourabh Prasad, divisional railway manager of the Waltair division, “the Vishakhapatnam-Palasa train was waiting on the track between Alamanda and Kantakpalli railway stations of the Kothavalasa block when the collision took place.”
The impact caused four of the second train’s bogies to derail into the next track. Social media posts featured videos of several mutilated coaches in very dark settings.
known about the Andhra Pradesh railway accident
- Eleven of the thirteen passengers have been identified so far, according to Vizianagaram district collector S Nagalakshmi.
- The passenger train from Visakhapatnam to Rayagada lost both its loco pilot and assistant loco pilot, according to Railways officials.
- Kanchubaraki Ravi from Godikommu village in Vizianagaram district, Gidijala Lakshmi from SP Ramachandrapuram village of Srikakulam, Karanam Appalanaidu from Kapusambham village in Vizianagaram, Challa Sathish from Vizianagaram, S M S Rao (loco Pilot) from Visakhapatnam, Chintala Krishnam Naidu (gang man of the train) from Kothavalasa in Vizianagaram, Pilla Nagaraju from Kapusambham village in Vizianagaram, M Srinivas (Palasa passenger guard) from Vizianagaram, Tenkala Sugunamma from Vizianagaram, Reddy Seetham Naidu from Vizianagaram, and Majji Ramu from Vizianagaram are among those killed in the accident.
- According to railway officials, the Vishakhapatnam train did not stop even while the light was red, suggesting that a human error may have caused the event.
- Thirty-two of the wounded are receiving care at the Vizianagaram Government Hospital. It is stated that four people have critical conditions.
- YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, has declared an ex gratia payment of Ten lakh rupees for the deceased’s family.
- On Monday afternoon, the chief minister is going to the scene of the accident. He will also meet those injured at the government hospital.
- From Delhi, Railways Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw and Railway Board (CRB) Chairman Jaya Varma Sinha have been keeping an eye on the issue.
- Vaishnaw stated in a post on the social media site X that 20 additional coaches have been dragged back in addition to the derailed ones.
- In addition, Vaishnaw has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000 for those with mild injuries, Rs. 2.5 Lakh for those with catastrophic injuries, and Ten lakh rupees for the deceased’s family.
- Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, will visit the scene of the tragedy today. He has also announced an ex gratia of ₹10 lakh to each of the kin of those deceased and ₹2 lakh to the injured.
- Months prior, on June 2, in Odisha’s Bahanaga Bazar, there was India’s biggest train tragedy in twenty years, resulting in 288 fatalities and over 1,000 injuries due to malfunctioning connections in the automated signaling system. Before veering off the rails and colliding with another passenger train in the other direction, a passenger train struck a goods train that was halted.
