The accident is believed to have been one of the country’s deadliest rail accidents in decades. The debris was then hit by another passenger train coming from the opposite direction, which caused up to three coaches of the second train to also derail. In 1995, two trains collided near New Delhi, killing 358 people in one of the worst train accidents in India. In 2016, a passenger train slid off the tracks between the cities of Indore and Patna, killing 146 people. Most train accidents in India are blamed on human error or outdated signalling equipment.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2023 10:43 UTC