An error in the electronic signaling system led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials in India said. More than 270 people were killed and hundreds more were hurt.
More than 270 people have died and 900 others suffered injuries after two passenger trains crashed and derailed in India on Friday. During an overnight search, no additional survivors were located and officials said the death toll could rise.was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday.in Balasore district in Odisha state in one of the country’s deadliest rail disasters in decades.
At one of the hospitals nearly 15 kilometers from the site, survivors spoke of the horror of the moment of the crash. For hours, Mahato, 37, remained stuck in the train’s bathroom, before rescuers scaled up the wreckage and pulled him out. Fifteen bodies were recovered on Saturday evening and efforts continued overnight with heavy cranes being used to remove an engine that settled on top of a rail car. No bodies were found in the engine and the work was completed on Sunday morning, said Sudhanshu Sarangi, director-general of fire and emergency services in Odisha.
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