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Title: Indian railway accident, november 2019
Post by: broadgage on November 12, 2019, 18:42:22
Reported as a collision, but the video appears to show only one train.

It looks to me as though the second vehicle de-rails, but stays more or less upright and in line. The rapid deceleration then leads to other vehicles derailing. One vehicle that is presumably still on the track crumples as it strikes a nearly stopped vehicle.

Early reports suggest no loss of life nor serious injuries.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-india-50386665/india-train-collision-lucky-escape-for-passengers-in-hyderabad (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-india-50386665/india-train-collision-lucky-escape-for-passengers-in-hyderabad)


Title: Re: Indian railway accident, november 2019
Post by: Bmblbzzz on November 12, 2019, 19:39:42
Looks like a head on collision at points to me. Lucky it was low speed.


Title: Re: Indian railway accident, november 2019
Post by: IndustryInsider on November 12, 2019, 19:47:29
Definitely a collision.


Title: Re: Indian railway accident, november 2019
Post by: Witham Bobby on November 13, 2019, 10:16:52
The way the passengers leapt out of the wrecked train and ran across the tracks, apparently without checking for the approach of other trains is a bit hair raising


Title: Re: Indian railway accident, november 2019
Post by: IndustryInsider on November 13, 2019, 13:35:51
The way the passengers leapt out of the wrecked train and ran across the tracks, apparently without checking for the approach of other trains is a bit hair raising

That's what happens when people panic!  Sadly the Maidenhead HST fire back in the 1990s saw someone killed in similar circumstances running across the tracks.



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