A terrible trains collision in India took the lives of 13 persons and injured 39 more. The collision in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh spurred an investigation, with preliminary findings pointing to suspected human error as the reason of the crash.
The disaster occurred on a Sunday when the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger train came to a halt due to an overhead cable problem. Tragically, the Visakhapatnam-Palasa Express train collided with the halted train from behind, derailing two coaches.
More than 90 passengers in the two carriages injured by the crash, according to Nagalakshmi S., a top government official in the region where the disaster occurred.
The death toll has increased to 13, with an additional 39 people injured.
According to the initial findings of the railway ministry’s investigation, “human error” possibly cause the fatal incident, which involved the “overshooting of signal” by the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada train.
An officer from the Andhra Pradesh fire services confirmed that no passengers remained at the accident site early on Monday.
This tragic occurrence followed a recent trains collision in India, in which the state-run railway system suffered its most deadly accident in two decades, killing 292 people.
Indian Railways, the world’s fourth-largest railway network, is undergoing a huge change, with a $30 billion investment focused to renovating trains and stations in order to improve safety and overall service quality.
