A day after Doon Exp fire, 2 more train accidents
SRINAGAR/BHUBANESWAR: The lamentable safety record of trains in India took a further beating on Wednesday when two more mishaps occurred: one in Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir in which more than 25 people were injured, and the other in Rayagada in Orissa where eight people were wounded.
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About the Samaleswari Express, railway officials...
more... said a goods train began leaving the station in the same direction at the same time. The bodies of the two trains collided as they left the platform and ended up heading for the same tracks. "The drivers of both the trains mistook the signal meant for each of them and left the station resulting in the side collision," said a railway official.