CHENNAI: A packed specific prepare travelling at 75kmph rear-ended a stationary freight rake on the outskirts of Chennai at 8.30pm Friday, inflicting at the least 12 passenger coaches to derail and sparking a hearth within the parcel van. At the least 20 passengers on Mysuru–Darbhanga Bagmati Categorical have been injured however there was no casualty reported.
Bagmati Categorical entered the loop line — a observe that branches out from the primary route and merges with it once more after a brief distance — and rammed into the again of the freight prepare stationed on that stretch of Kavaraipettai station, about 46km from Chennai, Southern Railway stated.
The passenger prepare had handed Ponneri station at 8.27pm and obtained the inexperienced sign to proceed to Kavaraipettai. “Whereas getting into KVP station, the prepare crew skilled a heavy jerk and, as an alternative of going into the primary line per the sign that was given, the prepare entered the loop line and hit the products prepare standing there,” the railway assertion stated.
“The crew are protected. The following coach, i.e. a parcel van caught fireplace, which was doused by the fireplace brigade. To date, no casualties are reported.”
Officers stated a lot of the passengers had been rescued and both launched or moved to hospitals, as required. Preparations are additionally being made to feed and transport the stranded passengers. Southern Railway Chennai Division stated anybody requiring details about the passengers might name the helpline quantity at 04425354151 and 0442435499.
Practice visitors on the route was suspended after the collision as rescue and medical groups started working on the website. The Dhanbad–Alappuzha Categorical and Jabalpur–Madurai Superfast Particular took a detour by Renigunta and Melapalayam, skipping Chennai Central, Egmore, and Tambaram.
