2010 Badarwas train collision

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2010 Badarwas train collision
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Date20 September 2010
5 a.m. local time
Location Badarwas
Coordinates 24°58′12″N77°34′12″E / 24.97000°N 77.57000°E / 24.97000; 77.57000
Country India
Incident typeCollision
Cause Red signal overshot [1]
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths23 [2]
Injured30

The 2010 Badarwas train collision occurred on 20 September 2010, at Badarwas, Madhya Pradesh, India, when two trains collided with each other. Twenty-three people were reported dead as a result of the accident, and 30 people were reported injured. [2]

Accident

The accident happened at around 5 A.M. when a freight train rammed the stationary Indore-Gwalior Intercity Express from behind at Badarwas railway station, resulting in the piling up of the last three compartments of the Intercity express on top of one another. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 23 killed, 50 injured in train collision in Madhya Pradesh
  2. 1 2 3 23 killed as freight train rams Gwalior Intercity
  3. "Staff missing after train accident, RPF asked to search". Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.