Tamil Nadu Train Mishap

An alert train driver averted a possible mishap when he stopped the Rameswaram-Chennai Express near Rameswaram after he noticed that the engine shoe had come off.

The Standing Committee on Railways would deliberate on the causes for railway accidents and the steps to be taken to enhance the safety aspects against the backdrop of the mishap on New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu express, its chairman TR Baalu, said on Tuesday.

Chennai train accident: At least nine people were killed and over 100 injured when two trains collided with each other near Chennai on Tuesday evening. Unofficial reports, however, put the death toll at 15.

An alert train driver averted a possible mishap when he stopped the Rameswaram-Chennai Express near Rameswaram after he noticed that the engine shoe had come off.

The Standing Committee on Railways would deliberate on the causes for railway accidents and the steps to be taken to enhance the safety aspects against the backdrop of the mishap on New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu express, its chairman TR Baalu, said on Tuesday.

Chennai train accident: At least nine people were killed and over 100 injured when two trains collided with each other near Chennai on Tuesday evening. Unofficial reports, however, put the death toll at 15.