As many as 33 trains have been cancelled and six others rescheduled till Monday morning after two trains collided in Andhra Pradesh s Vizianagaram that killed 13 so far, according to East Coast Railway officials. Chennai Central to Puri (22860), Raigada to Guntur (17244) and Visakhapatnam to Guntur (17240) have been cancelled. Meanwhile, Chennai Central to Shalimar (12842) and Alleppey to Dhanbad (13352) have been rescheduled.
Andhra Pradesh train accident: Here are the 10 points you need to know about the mishap that occurred between two passenger trains on the Howrah-Chennai line on October 29 evening in Vizianagaram district.
Andhra Pradesh Train Accident Live News: The number of casualties in the train accident on the Howrah-Chennai line in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh rose to 13 while 50 people were injured, Superintendent of Police M Deepika said on Monday.Officials of the East Coast Railway (ECR) said that at around 7 pm on Sunday, the Palasa passenger train hit the Rayagada passenger train from behind at Kantakapalli, about 40 Km from here, causing three coaches to derail.Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the ECR, last night said at least nine people were killed in the incident.However, according to the police the death toll on Monday morning rose to 13.According to the information provided by Vizianagaram Collector S Nagalakshmi, at least 32 people were injured.A senior railway official has said the injured were being shifted to hospitals in Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.Expressing shock over the incident, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy also instr
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