Visakhapatnam, Oct 30: In an unfortunate incident, around 13 people lost their lives and several others were injured in the train accident on the Howrah-Chennai line in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh.
According to the officials of the East Coast Railway (ECR) said that on Sunday around 7 p.m., the Palasa passenger train hit the Rayagada passenger train from behind at Kantakapalli, about 40 km from the site of the incident, causing three coaches to derail.
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According to Vizianagaram SP, 13 people have died in the accident. pic.twitter.com/R8XXxOAY6J
— ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2023
Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the ECR, said that at least nine people were killed in the incident.
Meanwhile, a senior railway official said that the injured were being shifted to hospitals in Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.
Following the incident, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy instructed officials to pay an ex-gratia amount of Rs 10 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 2 lakh each to the injured from the state.
He also announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each for the injured from other states, according to an official release. The ECR has also set up helplines.
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(Source: Rail Bhawan) pic.twitter.com/pJkvjXmuZs
— ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2023
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