Hirakhand Express derailment: Odisha-bound train derails, leaves 39 dead
At least 39 train passengers were killed and over 50 injured when the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express they were travelling in, derailed in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district late Saturday night.
The 18448 Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express with 22 coaches derailed near Kuneru station, Chief PRO of East Coast Railway JP Mishra said. Nine bogies including three sleeper coaches and two AC coaches and engine were derailed. The train had 22 coaches. The train had departed from Jagdalpur at 3 p.m. on Saturday and was scheduled to reach Bhubaneswar at 8.25 a.m. on Sunday. It off the track minutes after it entered Andhra Pradesh from Odisha.http://vidshare.indianexpress.com/previews/CwvTnpr7-xe0BVfqu
Deputy commandant of NDRF, BK Tiwari said so far his team have managed to get out 39 bodies from the mangled bogies. “The deathtoll is likely to go up as we are cutting out more bogies. Rescue operation still on. Four more of our teams are on their way,” said Tiwari from the spot of accident. District administration of both Vizianagaram and Rayagada are taking active part in rescue operations.
The incident occurred on Saturday night at 11.30 p.m., near Kuneru station around half an hour after it left Rayagada station in Odisha. Arjun Behera, one of the passengers in the AC coach, said when the accident occurred he thought it to be some kind of earthquake. “I was sleeping in the AC coach far away from the engine. I felt a huge shake and rattling,” sai Behera, a lectuter in a government college in Koraput. “When I got out, all we could hear was heart-rending cries of injured passengers. It was pitch dark outside.”
Railway helpline numbers
Vizianagaram: 83331, 83332, 83333, 83334, 08922-221202, 08922-221206Visakhapatnam: 83003, 83005, 83006, 0891-2746344, 0891-2746330, 08500358610, 08500358712
Rayagada: 06856-223400, 06856-223500, 09439741181, 09439741071, 07681878777 Khurda: 0674 2490670
Rayagada: 06856-223400, 06856-223500, 09439741181, 09439741071, 07681878777 Khurda: 0674 2490670
Bhubaneswar station: 06742543360
Behrampur station: 06802229632
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