Warangal railway accident
In the Warangal railway accident on July 2, 2003, a train derailed at the station of the same name in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh . 21 people died.
Starting position
The Golconda Express was a train no. 7201 from Guntur to Secunderabad on here electrified wide gauge stretch Vijayawada Kazipet the South Central Railway of Indian Railways go. According to the timetable , the train was scheduled to stop at Warangal station . To do this, he was directed to a passing track, the exit of which was secured with a safety switch . The protective track running out of it ended in a mound of earth.
the accident
The engine driver braked too late and could not stop the train before he ran over the safety switch at 10:25 a.m., plowed through the mound at its end and fell on a road seven meters below. He also rammed the parallel bridge with which the continuous tracks were led across the street. The locomotive and four cars pitched on the road, where a stand for bicycle - rickshaws and a fish market were. The crashing vehicles buried numerous people under themselves. Several passengers were stuck in cars that threatened to fall from the bridge.
consequences
21 people died and a further 24 were injured. The fatalities were ten passers-by on the street and eleven travelers in the crashed car.
A rescue train was sent from Kazipet and Secunderabad . The rescue work was strong monsoon - rainfall hampered the use of cutting torches made impossible.
Web links
- Information Bureau: Railway Minister's statement in parliament on recent train accidents . v. July 22, 2003.
- NN: 20 dead in train accident in India . In: news.ch v. July 2, 2003
- NN: Killed by a locomotive - 22 dead in a train accident in India . In: Handelsblatt v. July 22, 2003.
- rpo: Train falls from bridge: 18 dead . In: RP-Online v. July 2, 2003.
Remarks
- ↑ According to rpo: train crashes from bridge , two cars crashed.
Coordinates: 17 ° 58 ′ 25.1 ″ N , 79 ° 36 ′ 2.7 ″ E