Bagmati Express derailment: Railway safety officer inspects accident site, 3 passengers seriously injured | Onmanorama news

Chennai: AM Chowdhary, Railway Safety Commissioner, Southern Circle, Bengaluru, conducted a statutory inspection at the railway accident site in Kavaraipettai on Saturday. A thorough inspection was carried out of the tracks, switches and blocks, signals, station electronic interlockings, control panels and other key safety, signaling and operational aspects. Many passengers were injured after the Mysuru – Darbhanga Bagmati Express collided with a goods train on Friday evening. 13 carriages of the Bagmati Express derailed in the impact.

Among the injured, three seriously injured passengers were admitted to Stanley Medical College Hospital and six passengers with minor injuries were treated at Government Hospital Ponneri. All other passengers were rescued and taken to Chennai Central to board a special train to Darbhanga on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the stranded passengers of train No. 12578 Mysuru – Darbhanga Bagmati Express, which met with an accident at Kavaraipettai in Chennai division around 8.30 pm on Friday, were transported by two EMU special buses to Ponneri and Chennai Central in the morning.

Railway doctors conducted medical examination of the passengers at Chennai Central Railway Station and then provided them with food and water. They were boarded in the special passenger train bound for Darbhanga via Arakkonam, Renigunta and Gudur. The special train traveled from Dr. with over 1,800 passengers. MGR Chennai Central from.