Coromandel Express Accident

We are still not sure exactly why India's storied Coromandel Express plowed into a stationary freight train late on Friday night last week, setting off a three-train pileup that cost almost 300 people their lives.

At least 19 people from Bihar, who were on board the Coromandel Express, are still missing after the train accident in Odisha's Balasore district on June 2 in which 288 people were killed, said the state Disaster Management Department (DMD).

Four days after the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express was involved in a triple train accident near Bahanagar Bazar station in Odisha's Balasore district, the down train from Chennai crossed the accident site at 30kmph on Tuesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited injured passengers of the ill-fated Coromandel Express who are currently admitted in different hospitals in Cuttack.

Train services have resumed at Bahanaga Bazaar station in Odisha's Balasore after the restoration of tracks, but the human tragedy of the horrific three-train accident is unfolding at the morgues and hospitals.

The horrific crash had left many limbless and severely disfigured, and high-tension electrical wire overhead also reportedly charred some bodies beyond recognition, which is one of the major reasons families are having trouble identifying the bodies.

At least 278 people lost their lives and 1,000 were injured when a speeding Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary goods train.

In the aftermath of the tragic train accident in Odisha, which resulted in the loss of at least 278 lives and left over 1000 individuals injured, officials on Monday said that there are still 101 bodies yet to be identified.

"Both the drivers are stable. While Mohanty was taken out of the ICU on Monday, Behera is awaiting a head surgery," South Eastern Railway (SER) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Aditya Choudhury told a television channel.

India's Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Saturday announced many relaxations for the claim settlement process for the victims of the horrific three-train pile-up in Odisha's Balasore that killed over 270 people.

Resuming services just over two days after India's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, trains crossed the disaster spot in Odisha where at least 275 people died and 1,200 were injured in collision between three trains.

Odisha Train Accident: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday the condolence messages and the outpouring of support that he received in the wake of the horrific train accident in Odisha shows how connected the world is with India.

Odisha Train Accident Tragedy: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre for setting up an inquiry commission headed by a retired top court judge to probe the cause of the train accident

India's top auditing body, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in a 2022 report on derailments in Indian Railways sought to find out whether measures to prevent derailments and collisions were clearly laid down and implemented.

The Railway Board today detailed the events leading to the catastrophic triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday night that killed at least 275 people and left over 1,000 injured.

We are still not sure exactly why India's storied Coromandel Express plowed into a stationary freight train late on Friday night last week, setting off a three-train pileup that cost almost 300 people their lives.

At least 19 people from Bihar, who were on board the Coromandel Express, are still missing after the train accident in Odisha's Balasore district on June 2 in which 288 people were killed, said the state Disaster Management Department (DMD).

Four days after the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express was involved in a triple train accident near Bahanagar Bazar station in Odisha's Balasore district, the down train from Chennai crossed the accident site at 30kmph on Tuesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited injured passengers of the ill-fated Coromandel Express who are currently admitted in different hospitals in Cuttack.

Train services have resumed at Bahanaga Bazaar station in Odisha's Balasore after the restoration of tracks, but the human tragedy of the horrific three-train accident is unfolding at the morgues and hospitals.

The horrific crash had left many limbless and severely disfigured, and high-tension electrical wire overhead also reportedly charred some bodies beyond recognition, which is one of the major reasons families are having trouble identifying the bodies.

At least 278 people lost their lives and 1,000 were injured when a speeding Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary goods train.

In the aftermath of the tragic train accident in Odisha, which resulted in the loss of at least 278 lives and left over 1000 individuals injured, officials on Monday said that there are still 101 bodies yet to be identified.

"Both the drivers are stable. While Mohanty was taken out of the ICU on Monday, Behera is awaiting a head surgery," South Eastern Railway (SER) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Aditya Choudhury told a television channel.

India's Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Saturday announced many relaxations for the claim settlement process for the victims of the horrific three-train pile-up in Odisha's Balasore that killed over 270 people.

Resuming services just over two days after India's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, trains crossed the disaster spot in Odisha where at least 275 people died and 1,200 were injured in collision between three trains.

Odisha Train Accident: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday the condolence messages and the outpouring of support that he received in the wake of the horrific train accident in Odisha shows how connected the world is with India.

Odisha Train Accident Tragedy: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre for setting up an inquiry commission headed by a retired top court judge to probe the cause of the train accident

India's top auditing body, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in a 2022 report on derailments in Indian Railways sought to find out whether measures to prevent derailments and collisions were clearly laid down and implemented.

The Railway Board today detailed the events leading to the catastrophic triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday night that killed at least 275 people and left over 1,000 injured.