The crash killed as many as 278 people and injured nearly 1,100 in what was the worst accident suffered by the public transporter since 1995. The accident occurred at Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha’s Balasore around 6:56pm on Friday, when the Coromandel Express rammed into a goods train bearing iron ore, the impact of the collision flinging several compartments into the adjacent track.Ī few of these coaches hit the last two cars of the Howrah-bound Yesvantpur Express, which was passing by on the opposite line at the same time. “However, CBI will look at all the angles, including human error, deliberate attempt to derail the Coromandel Express, and any external factors,” said an officer, who didn’t want to be named. Preliminary investigation by the railways identified a change in the interlocking and point machine, an intricate system of interconnected safety checks designed to keep trains from crossing each other’s paths, as the reason for the accident involving the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express, the Howrah-bound Yesvantpur Express, and a freight train.
#Stellarium crashes on startup drivers
Railway authorities already expanded their probe and questioned the assistant station master and drivers of the two trains to ascertain how the worst rail accident in nearly three decades occurred. “A CBI team has reached Balasore (Odisha),” he said. The agency, the spokesperson added, has taken over the investigation of the case earlier registered at Balasore Government Railway Police (GRP), Cuttack (Odisha) case number 64 regarding the said accident. “CBI has registered a case on the request of ministry of railways, consent of the Odisha government and further orders from DoPT (department of personnel and training) relating to the train accident involving Coromandel Express, Yashwantpur-Howrah Express and a goods train at Bahanaga Bazar in the state of Odisha on June 2,” said a CBI spokesperson.Īlso Read: Odisha train crash: Father’s unwavering hope helps find son alive in morgue The agency, as reported by HT, will look at all possible reasons including human error or deliberate attempts to cause the accident. CBI has registered a case on the request of ministry of railways, consent of Odisha govt and further orders from DoPT. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the probe in the tragic three-train crash in Odisha’s Balasore district last Friday and a team reached the accident spot on Tuesday to investigate.
0 kommentar(er)
