2010 Badarwas train collision

2010 Badarwas train collision
Details
Date	20 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 type	Collision
Cause	Red signal overshot [1]
Statistics
Trains	2
Deaths	23 [2]
Injured	30

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]}

References

1. 23 killed, 50 injured in train collision in Madhya Pradesh
2. 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.