Badarwas railway accident
In the Badarwas railway accident on September 20, 2010 at around 4:45 am in Badarwas in the Shivpuri district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a freight train collided head-on with a stationary express train . 23 people died in the railway accident.
Starting position
The InterCityExpress no. 1125 Dn was with single-track operation from Indore to Gwalior road and had Badarwas on the continuous main track on the platform unscheduled held to the freight train crossing to let. The train was secured by the entrance signals from the station .
The freight train, an empty train of the North Central Railway , was traveling in the opposite direction to Indore , Madhya Pradesh, at more than 70 km / h. In the station Bardawas he was for the crossing on a siding are conducted.
the accident
However, before the switch was switched in this direction by the responsible employee, the freight train ran over the entry signal showing "Halt" in heavy rain and poor visibility, drove onto the track on which the Intercity Express was standing and hit it. The force of the impact was so strong that the first four cars of the passenger train were pushed into and on top of one another, a mixed baggage and passenger car and three seating cars . Numerous travelers were trapped here. Some of the staff at Badarwas station fled after the accident , as did the locomotive driver of the freight train. They had to be searched for by the railway police . The stationmaster was found to be drunk .
consequences
23 people died, many were also injured. Both locomotive crews survived, the engine driver of the freight train by jumping off immediately before the collision. The station master and the train driver of the freight train and his assistant were suspended from duty.
The heavy rain hampered the rescue work, in which relief trains from Bhopal , Guna and Bina were used. The then Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee promised the relatives of the victims jobs with the state railway Indian Railways ; a promise that was then only kept to a limited extent. The Deputy Minister of Railways, KH Muniyappa , visited the accident site. Given that this was just one of several serious accidents in a short period of time, the opposition called for the resignation of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Web links
- Pictures of the accident in OVGuide.
- Pictures of the accident in the Daily Mail .
- Message in RSOE.
- NN: 21 people die in a train accident in India . Report in westline , with a photo of the accident site.
- NN: 23 dead in MP train mishap . In: Radio Tarana v. September 21, 2010.
- NN: 23 killed in train mishap in Madhya Pradesh . In: dna / india.com v. 20th September 2010.
- NN: Madhya Pradesh train accident: Toll rises to 24 . In: dna / india.com v. September 21, 2010.
- NN: Staff missing after MP train accident, RPF asked to search . In: dna / india.com v. 20th September 2010.
- NN: Train Crash Kills Over 20 in India . In: railway-technology.com v. September 22, 2010
- NN: Train mishap great 20; CPI (M) bays for Mamata's removal . In: The Sisat Daily v. September 21, 2010.
- Press Information Bureau / Government of India / Ministry of Railways: 20 Dead and 30 Injured in Head-on Collision Involving Intercity Express and Goods Trains near Guna in Madhya Pradesh .
Remarks
- ↑ The sources vary in their information between 20 and 160 injured.
Individual evidence
- ^ Press Information Bureau: 20 Dead .
- ↑ NN: 23 killed .
- ^ NN: Staff missing .
- ↑ message in RSOE.
- ↑ NN: 23 killed .
- ↑ NN: Madhya Pradesh train accident .
- ↑ NN: mishap Train .
Coordinates: 24 ° 59 ′ 1.3 ″ N , 77 ° 33 ′ 44 ″ E