Rescuers and others stand after two passenger trains collided in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Oct.29, 2023.
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Rescuers and others stand after two passenger trains collided in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Oct.29, 2023.
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HYDERABAD, India — A passenger practice crashed into one other in southern India on Sunday, killing 13 individuals and inuring 25, officers stated.
The incoming practice slammed right into a stationary practice in Andhra Pradesh state’s Vizianagaram district, inflicting a derailment of at the least three rail vehicles, senior railway officer Saurab Prasad stated.
Prasad stated a preliminary investigation discovered human error was the trigger.
Practice crashes are widespread in India and are sometimes blamed on human error or outdated signaling tools.
In June, greater than 280 individuals had been killed in one of many nation’s deadliest rail crashes in a long time when two passenger trains rammed into one another in jap India.
Greater than 12 million individuals experience 14,000 trains throughout India daily, touring on 64,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) of monitor.