Technical glitch to blame for deadly train collision in India
The train collision happened on Friday near the city of Balasore.
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Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP)
India's Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday that a technical glitch in the electronic interlocking system is to blame for the devastating collision of three trains in the state of Odisha which caused the deaths of over 280 people.
"It is about point machine, electronic interlocking. The change that occurred during electronic interlocking, the accident happened due to that. Whoever did it and how it happened will be found out after proper investigation," Vaishnaw said in an interview with the Indian NDTV channel.
The train collision happened on Friday near the city of Balasore.
In the Indian state of Odisha, an investigation continues after the collision of three trains, which claimed the lives of almost 300 people.
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Authorities said the train crash was caused by a failure of the electronic interlock system and a proper investigation would be carried… pic.twitter.com/2PyR9QsgCP
Several coaches of a passenger train traveling from Kolkata to Chennai derailed due to a collision with a freight train and fell onto the opposite track, the Indian Railways Ministry said.
Shortly after the first collision, another passenger train crashed into them and several more coaches carrying people derailed.
The latest data reveals that 288 people died as a result of the incident and more than 900 were injured.
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