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[KevinKorell]

National News, 10/29/23:

 

 

   At least six killed after two trains collide in India's Andhra Pradesh    

 

 

At least six people were killed after a passenger train derailed following a collision with another train in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, according to Indian media reports.

 

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[KevinKorell]

One India, 10/29/23:

 

 

   Vizianagaram Train Accident: At Least 8 Dead, Rescue Operation Underway    

 

 

At least eight persons died and around 40 were injured after two trains collided in Vizianagaram district on the Howrah-Chennai line on Sunday evening, a police official said.

 

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[CNJRoss]

Geo News, 3/4/24

 

How a cricket match caused a train crash that killed 14

 

Crash led to derailment of three carriages, prompting massive response from emergency services

 

The tragic train crash in India's Andhra Pradesh that claimed 14 lives in October was attributed to the train drivers being distracted by a cricket match on their phones, according to India's Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, BBC reported. 

 

The drivers were reportedly engrossed in the one-day World Cup match between India and England when the accident occurred.  . . .

 

 

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[CNJRoss]

BBC News, 3/4/24

 

India train drivers in crash that killed 14 were 'distracted' by cricket match

 

The drivers of a train that crashed in southern India in October, killing 14 people, were distracted watching a cricket match on a phone, India's railways minister said.

 

Dozens more were injured when the train collided with another train in Andhra Pradesh state.

 

Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the drivers were watching India play England during the one-day World Cup.

 

Both of them lost their lives in the incident.

 

 

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