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Eight killed as train derails The Hindu 05 Jun 99 Six killed, 60 injured in India train derailment Go News 04 Jun 99 Indian Railways Corporate Website
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India: Track fault caused Godavari Express crash killing 8: Saturday, June 05, 1999Faulty track welds may have caused caused the derailment of the Visakhapatnam to Secunderabad Godavari
The accident occurred at about 0315 on 4 June 1999 near Kazipet between Ippuguda and Ghanpur. The train was travelling at about 95 km/h when the driver noticed an unusual noise and applied the brakes. Fourteen carriages derailed, five of which overturned. A number of the coaches rode over and crushed a first-class, air-conditioned coach marshalled at the front of the train. According to press reports in India 8 people were killed in the derailment. Earlier reports had indicated that there had been as many as fourteen deaths. A further 60 people were injured. Among the dead was the Education Minister for Andhra Pradesh - Devineni Venkataramana. It was in 1st Class AC coach that all the deaths and the most serious injuries occurred. The damage to the carriage was so severe that only 3 bodies could be recovered immediately. Rescue workers using flame-cutting tools finally reached the remaining five bodies in the late evening. Earlier Story: 14 dead as Godavari Express derails Comment on this item... |
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This file last updated: Saturday, 04-Sep-1999 08:57:23 EDT