More than two weeks after the Balasore train tragedy in Odisha that killed 291 people and left over 900 injured, the family of the seriously-injured loco pilot of Coromandel Express that hit a stationary goods train before derailing and hitting another passenger, said they have no idea about his condition as they have not yet been allowed to meet him. …
Did the repair of a boom barrier at a level crossing near the Bahanaga Bazar railway station at Balasore in Odisha lead to the horrific crash of the superfast Coromandel Express, bound for Chennai from Howrah, after colliding with a stationary goods train on the loop line? Senior Railway officials, wishing to remain anonymous, disclosed that the repair of the …
Hazari Behera, the 36-year-old assistant loco pilot who was helming the Coromandel Express, escaped from the jaws of death when his passenger train collided with a freight train in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2. ‘Pilot has no control’ Mr. Behera’s family pleaded with the media to respect their privacy, especially given that a few of the injured have allegedly …
The death toll in Friday's train accident in Odisha's Balasore has climbed to 288, a railway official said. Three trains -- Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train -- were involved in the accident, one of the worst railway tragedies in the country. "The loco pilot, assistant loco pilot and the guard of Coromandel Express and …
