seen here in red, was heading south, to chennai. the howrah superfast express, which is in blue, was heading north. there was also a stationary goods train, which you can see here, in grey. there are varying accounts of which train derailed first, but a railway spokesperson said it was the coromandel express. it somehow ended up on a loop line and hit the goods train. the derailed carriages, which you can see in red here, then collided with the howrah superfast express, which was travelling along a different line. some of the superfast express carriages, which you can see in blue, also then derailed. the government has said in total 17 coaches from the two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged. anubav das, who survived the derailment, told the bbc that he feels fortunate to have survived the crash without injuries. i was seated in the very last coach of the train, and behind me wasjust the security guards coach. so i was pretty much far away from the accident that occurre
the coromandel express, seen here in red, was heading south, to chennai. the howrah superfast express, which is in blue, was heading north. there was also a stationary goods train, which you can see here, in grey. there are varying accounts of which train derailed first, but a railway spokesperson said it was the coromandel express. it somehow ended up on a loop line and hit the goods train. the derailed carriages, which you can see in red here, then collided with the howrah superfast express, which was travelling along a different line. some of the superfast express carriages, which you can see in blue, also then derailed. the government has said, in total, 17 coaches from the two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged. anubav das, who survived the derailment, told the bbc that he feels fortunate to have survived the crash without injuries. i was seated in the very last coach of the train, and behind me wasjust the security guards coach. so i was pretty much far away from