VISAKHAPATNAM: At least eight people were reported dead and 32 persons were injured, after two trains collided in Vizianagaram district on Sunday evening, railway officials said.
At around 7 p.m, the Visakhapatnam-Palasa special passenger waiting for a signal due to a technical snag was hit by the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger train coming from behind, resulting in the derailing of three bogies.
6 people died and 18 injured in the Andhra Pradesh train accident: Deepika, SP, Vizianagaram
After an alert, Waltiar Divisional Railway Manager Saurabh Prasad along with other railway officials rushed to the accident spot, and rescue operations are in full swing.
Viziangaram district administration and police department swung into action and took up relief operations.
Ambulances were rushed to the spot and the injured were shifted to different hospitals in the Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts. With a lack of power connection, the entire accident spot is in the dark hampering rescue and relief operations.
Expressing shock over the incident, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy instructed that Medical and Health, Revenue, Police, and other department officials coordinate and carry out relief operations immediately. Governor S. Abdul Nazeer expressed anguish over the train accident
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