India train crash: PM Modi says guilty will be ‘punished stringently’
Prime minister Narendra Modi visited the accident site and the survivors of the train tragedy in Odisha that claimed the lives of nearly 300 people and injured more than 800, reads Independent.
“I don’t have words to express my sorrow. The government will do everything to help those injured. If anyone is found responsible for the accident, they will be severely punished,” he said.
Officials are investigating whether signal error was liked cause of a train crash. At least 50 ambulances with over 100 bodies arrived in state capital Bhubaneswar last night for families to identify the dead.
Signalling problems and a corroded track were the focus of inquries after an express train, a goods train and a third locomotive collided on Friday.
The cause of the horror crash that claimed the lives of nearly 300 people and injured more than 800 has been revealed.
The derailment of the trains, which happened on Friday evening, was caused by an error in the electronic signalling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said on Sunday.
A rail official said a detailed investigation will reveal whether the error was human or technical.
