At least thirteen dead and 50 injured. This is the tragic outcome of the train accident that occurred in South-East India late on Sunday evening, October 29. Two passenger trains collided between the cities of Alamanda and Kantakapalle in Andhra Pradesh state. Initial reconstructions suggest “human error” was at the root of the disaster.
The text message from the authorities is as follows: “13 passengers died and 50 people were injured. Rescue efforts are still continuing.”
What happened is still unclear, but according to the information revealed, a train was stopped on the tracks due to a malfunction and the other train “hit” it. According to the BBC, East Coast Railway public relations manager Biswajit Sahu said “human error” caused the collision as the second train “overshot the signal”.
🚨 Two passenger trains collided in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh last night. 13 people died and 40 people were injured. (MOMENT) pic.twitter.com/hbtSQteLbj
— Indian Technology and Infrastructure (@IndianTechGuide) 30 October 2023
India has one of the largest railway networks in the world, but much of the infrastructure is obsolete. Sunday’s crash comes just months after a devastating crash in which three trains killed 292 people and injured thousands more in the eastern state of Odisha.
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