Train Crash in India Results in Fatalities Due to Malfunctioning Signal Connections During Repairs

Deadly India rail crash

A drone view shows derailed coaches after trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India, June 3, 2023. REUTERS FILE PHOTO

An official probe has found that workers repairing a rail-road barrier in India made faulty connections in the automated signaling system, leading to the country’s worst rail disaster in two decades. The incident occurred on June 2 at Bahanaga Bazar station in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, resulting in the death of 288 people and more than 1,000 injuries.

The collision happened when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, derailed, and collided with another passenger train traveling in the opposite direction. According to the Commission of Railway Safety (CR

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