25 Killed As Hampi Express Rams Goods Train At Penukonda

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First bogie catches fire in the impact; adjoining coaches derail[/font][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
In one of the worst accidents in Andhra Pradesh in recent years, 25 people were killed and dozens injured when the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express rammed a stationary goods train just outside the railway station here in the early hours of Tuesday.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
Train No. 16591 was proceeding from Hubli to Bangalore and most passengers were asleep when it hit the Mysore New Goods Terminal goods train at 3.10 a.m.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
The impact was so severe that the bogie next to the engine caught fire, while the second, third and fourth bogies derailed. Severed limbs and burnt bodies were seen at the site. Thirteen of the victims were charred to death.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
[b]Distressing scenes[/b][/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
Heart-rending scenes were witnessed as several passengers were trapped inside the mangled bogies. A little girl, looking dazed, was seen amid half a dozen bodies in her coach. Workers had to use gas torches to cut open the bogie and pull out the bodies and the passengers.[/font][/color][color=#3B3A39][font=Georgia,]
Penukonda Deputy Superintendent of Police Kolar Krishna, who received the first distress call, was at the spot within minutes with his men after informing the fire department. However, the fire had done major damage before it was brought under control — passengers in the first bogie were engulfed in flames. Mr. Krishna said most of the dead were travelling in the first and second coaches. Railway and police personnel transported the other passengers in eight buses to Bangalore.[/font][/color]