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At least 6 dead, 25 injured after train derails in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram
AP chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered to take immediate relief measures and to send as many ambulances as possible from Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli.
At least six people were killed and 25 were injured after a passenger train going to Rayagada in Odisha from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh derailed in Vizianagaram district on Sunday.
“There was a rear collision between the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger train and the Visakhapatnam-Ragada passenger train. 3 coaches were involved in the accident and 10 injured. Rescue operations are underway, Local administration and NDRF were informed for assistance and ambulances. Accident relief trains reached site”, a senior railways official told news agency ANI.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered to take immediate relief measures and to send as many ambulances as possible from Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli, the nearest districts of Vizianagaram, and to make all kinds of arrangements in nearby hospitals to provide good medical care, ANI quoted the CM office's statement.
“The Chief Minister has issued orders to coordinate other government departments including health, police and revenue to take quick-relief measures and ensure that the injured receive prompt medical services”, the statement added.
Meanwhile, reacting to the incident, the Prime Minister's office said, "PM@narendramodi spoke to Railway Minister Shri @AshwiniVaishnaw and took stock of the situation in the wake of the unfortunate train derailment between Alamanda and Kantakapalle section. Authorities are providing all possible assistance to those affected. The Prime Minister extends condolences to the bereaved families and prays that the injured recover soon."
The Indian Railways has also released helpline numbers for victims of the train accident that was held between Alamanda and Kantakapalle in the Vizianagaram-Kottavalasa Rly section of Waltair Divn of ECoR in Howrah-Chennai Main Line.
This incident comes months after a massive accident was caused after the Coromandel Express in Odisha's Balasore crashed into a stationary freight train near Bahanaga Bazar station on June 2. At least 288 people were killed and over 1,100 people were injured in the accident.
