Tamil Nadu train accident

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Updated On Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

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Wreckage of a derailed passenger train compartment lies on a railway track after two trains collided near Arakkonam, southwest of Chennai. The passenger train traveling through Tamil Nadu collided with another train stopped at a signal, killing eight people and injuring dozens more, a government official said.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Wreckage of a derailed passenger train compartment lies on a railway track after two trains collided near Arakkonam, southwest of Chennai. The passenger train traveling through Tamil Nadu collided with another train stopped at a signal, killing eight people and injuring dozens more, a government official said.

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Wreckage of a derailed passenger train compartment lies on a railway track after two trains collided near Arakkonam, southwest of Chennai.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Wreckage of a derailed passenger train compartment lies on a railway track after two trains collided near Arakkonam, southwest of Chennai.

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Rescue workers and others crowd next to the derailed compartments of a passenger train after two trains collided near Arakkonam, southwest of Chennai.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Rescue workers and others crowd next to the derailed compartments of a passenger train after two trains collided near Arakkonam, southwest of Chennai.

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Rescue workers and others crowd next to the compartments of two trains after they collided near Arakkonam, southwest of Chennai.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Rescue workers and others crowd next to the compartments of two trains after they collided near Arakkonam, southwest of Chennai.

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Onlookers gather around the wreckage of train carriages at Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai, after a crash between two trains in the state of Tamil Nadu. Indian railway officials have blamed driver error for a late-night collision between two passenger trains that killed nine people and injured more than 80. Emergency teams worked to clear the crash site, where five coaches were derailed in the impact. Southern Railway general manager Deepak Krishnan said initial investigations suggested the driver of the moving train, who survived the crash, had ignored speed restrictions and signal lights.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Onlookers gather around the wreckage of train carriages at Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai, after a crash between two trains in the state of Tamil Nadu. Indian railway officials have blamed driver error for a late-night collision between two passenger trains that killed nine people and injured more than 80. Emergency teams worked to clear the crash site, where five coaches were derailed in the impact. Southern Railway general manager Deepak Krishnan said initial investigations suggested the driver of the moving train, who survived the crash, had ignored speed restrictions and signal lights.

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Disaster Managment workers take a break from their duties amidst the wreckage of train carriages at Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai, after a crash between two trains in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Disaster Managment workers take a break from their duties amidst the wreckage of train carriages at Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai, after a crash between two trains in the state of Tamil Nadu.

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Railway officials, security personnel and onlookers gather around the wreckage of train carriages at Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Railway officials, security personnel and onlookers gather around the wreckage of train carriages at Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai.

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Railway officials, security personnel and onlookers gather around the wreckage of train carriages at Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Railway officials, security personnel and onlookers gather around the wreckage of train carriages at Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai.

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Rescuers search for survivors in the compartments of a train which met with an accident in Arakkonam on the outskirts of Chennai on the wee hours of Wednesday.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Rescuers search for survivors in the compartments of a train which met with an accident in Arakkonam on the outskirts of Chennai on the wee hours of Wednesday.

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Relatives of a train accident victim carry a body out of a government hospital mortuary in Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Relatives of a train accident victim carry a body out of a government hospital mortuary in Arakkonam, some 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Chennai.

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Railway officials and police work at the scene of a train collision between a passenger train and a stationary train near Chitheri station in Arakkonam.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Railway officials and police work at the scene of a train collision between a passenger train and a stationary train near Chitheri station in Arakkonam.

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Men injured in a train collision lie in hospital beds after receiving treatment in Arakkonam, 80 km (50 miles) west of the of Chennai.

Updated on Sept 14, 2011 02:05 pm IST

Men injured in a train collision lie in hospital beds after receiving treatment in Arakkonam, 80 km (50 miles) west of the of Chennai.

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