More than 207 people lost their lives in Odisha train accident, know when such big accidents happened?

Odisha Train Accident: The major train accident in Balasore, Odisha has so far claimed the lives of 207 people and injured more than 900 people. After getting the information of this accident, everyone is shocked as to how three trains met with an accident at the same place. Sadness has been expressed over the accident and compensation has also been announced.

According to the news agency PTI, a railway official told about the incident that several coaches of the Howrah-bound 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express derailed at Bahanaga market and fell on another track. “These derailed coaches collided with 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express and its coaches also overturned,” he said.

The official said that the coaches of the Coromandel Express collided with a goods train after derailing, due to which the goods train also came under the grip of the accident. He told that the accident happened at around 7 in the evening. At the same time, Railway spokesperson Amitabh Sharma said that first the Coromandel Express derailed and 10-12 of its coaches fell on the tracks of the Bengaluru-Howrah Express.

10 major train accidents

1. This is not the first time in the midst of all this that such a big accident has happened. Earlier, on January 13, 2022, at least 12 coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express derailed at Alipurduar in West Bengal, killing 9 people and injuring 36 others. On the other hand, in the year 2018, in the month of October, on the occasion of Ravana Dahan, there was a horrific train accident in Amritsar, Punjab, in which the death of 61 people was confirmed.

2. On August 23, 2017, nine coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed near Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh, injuring at least 70 people.

3. On August 19, 2017, the Kalinga Utkal Express running between Haridwar and Puri met with an accident near Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh. 14 bogies of the train derailed, in which 21 passengers died, while 97 were injured.

4. In the year 2016, the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur. In which at least 150 people died.

5. On March 20, 2015, there was a major accident in the Janta Express going from Dehradun to Varanasi. More than 30 people were killed and around 150 others were injured when the engine and two bogies of a train derailed near Bachhrawan railway station in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli.

6. On 26 May 2014, the Gorakhdham Express going towards Gorakhpur collided with a stopped goods train near Khalilabad station in Sant Kabir Nagar area of ​​Uttar Pradesh, killing 25 people and injuring more than 50.

7. On July 30, 2012, a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore, killing more than 30 people.

8. Earlier on May 22, 2012, the Hubli-Bangalore Hampi Express collided with a goods train near Andhra Pradesh. In which 25 passengers died and 43 people were injured.

9. The year 2012 was considered one of the worst in terms of train accidents in the history of Indian Railways. About 14 accidents were recorded this year, including both train derailments and head-on collisions.

10. On July 7, 2011, Chhapra-Mathura Express collided with a bus near Etah district in Uttar Pradesh. In this incident, 69 people lost their lives and many were seriously injured. The accident happened late at night at an unmanned crossing. The train was running at high speed and the bus kept getting dragged for about half a kilometer.

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