Terming the train accident at Sitheri station in Tamil Nadu as “very unfortunate” Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today said all efforts will be undertaken to prevent such mishaps in future. Trivedi left for Chennai to visit the accident site on Wednesday morning.
At least seven persons were killed and 85 others injured when a passenger train from Chennai rammed into a stationary train near Arakkonam, derailing five coaches, about 75 km from Tamil Nadu capital, in the third major rail accident in two months.
Hinting at the human error as the cause of the accident, Trivedi said “cause of the accident has not been ascertained at the moment. According to the initial reports, the signal was red. But whatever is the reason it should have never happened. We learn lessons from every accidents we have to ensure accident should not happen.”
The Arakkonam-Vellore passenger train was waiting for the green signal near Sitheri Station when the Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) running between Chennai Beach and Vellore rammed into it from behind.
Trivedi said the stationery train was hit by a Chennai Vellore EMU train from the behind.
From: http://ping.fm/1m79E
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