US EditionBilaspur Train Accident: What Caused that Deadly Collision that Killed at Least 11 in Chhattisgarh?
Preliminary investigation cites signal violation by the MEMU train as cause; Railways announced compensation up to Rs 10 lakh for families of the deceased.
- On Tuesday, seven people were killed and several injured after a MEMU passenger train collided with a goods train near Bilaspur railway station around 4 pm.
- Railways' preliminary assessment found the incident was caused by passing signal at danger by DEMU Train, with the passenger train allegedly jumping a red signal and striking the goods train.
- Visuals from the scene show a passenger train coach mounted on a goods wagon, and Bilaspur Collector Sanjay Agarwal said the goods train's last bogie crashed into the passenger train's first bogie with injured shifted to Apollo Hospital and CIMS hospital, Bilaspur.
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced Rs 5 lakh for families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 plus free treatment for those injured, while Railways declared ex gratia payments of Rs 10 lakh for kin of the deceased and Rs 5 lakh for seriously injured.
- Railways said `A detailed inquiry into the incident will be conducted at the level of the Commissioner of Railway Safety to ascertain the exact cause and recommend necessary corrective actions`, senior railway officials have reached the site and clearance and restoration teams are working.
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Bilaspur train accident: Death toll rises to 11, CM announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for families of deceased
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