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New Delhi: Human error was the likely cause of the Andhra Pradesh train accident that claimed at least 13 lives and left over 50 people injured, East Coast Railway (ECoR) officials said Monday.. It seems that the accident was caused due to human error..
This looks like a case of overshooting the signalbecause the signal was red, so the train was supposed to stop, ECoR Chief Public Relations Officer Biswajit Sahu told ThePrint over phone, adding that investigation is ongoing and the exact reason will become clear only after it is completed...
At 7 pm Sunday, the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger train hit the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger train from behind at Vizianagaram districts Kantakapalli about 40 km from Visakhapatnam causing three coaches to derail...
Sundays incident comes just four months after one of the deadliest train accidents in India involving three trains in Odisha, which left 288 people dead and around 900 injured..
After a report from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) linked the accident to human error, the Indian Railways had suspended seven railway officials over their involvement and negligence in the train tragedy.. In September, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a charge sheet against three arrested Railways officials for alleged culpable homicide not amounting to murder and destruction of evidence.. Following the Sunday accident, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh, Rs 2.5 lakh for grievous injuries, and Rs 50,000 for minor injuries was being disbursed...
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