11 Killed in Rail Accident in India’s Maharashtra State

Wed Jan 22 2025
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NEW DELHI, India: At least 11 people were killed in a rail accident in India’s western Maharashtra state on Wednesday, local media reported.

The incident occurred when the passengers disembarked from their train, fearing a fire, and were run over by another train passing on the adjacent track.

According to railway officials, some passengers had pulled the train’s alarm chain, causing it to stop, after which several passengers deboarded the train onto the adjacent tracks and were hit by another passing train.

“As per the information, 11 people have died in the accident and 5 others are injured,” a senior railway official in Nashik region, Praveen Gedam, told ANI news agency.

Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis said ambulances had been dispatched to the and arrangements were being made to treat the wounded.

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“Emergency equipment like glass cutters, floodlights etc have also been kept ready,” he said on messaging platform X.

It is pertinent to mention railway in Indika is the fourth largest train network in the world. However, rail accidents in the past two years, including a collision in 2023 that claimed at least 288 people, have tarnished its image.

India has plans to enhance spending on the modernisation of its railways in the federal budget, to be unveiled next month.

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