The train incidentally had met with accidents twice on the country's Independence Day. Out of 10 mishaps the train faced so far, five occurred in Odisha alone.
In one of the worst railway disasters in India, at least 288 people were killed and more than 900 injured when three trains collided one after another in a horrific sequence in Odisha s Balasore district on Friday.
Coromandel Express train accident: The Odisha train mishap is a grim reminded of another derailment involving the Coromandel Express which took place in 2009 on a Friday in Odisha. On 13 February 2009, 13-14 coaches of the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express derailed around 7.50 pm while changing tracks near Odisha’s Jajpur district. , India News, Times Now
In a latest development in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team on Friday reached the premises of YSRCP Lok Sabha MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy.Reddy, the MP from Andhra Pradesh's Ongole Lok .