Preliminary investigations indicated the Coromandel Express, heading southbound to Chennai from Kolkata, moved off the main line and entered a loop track - a side track used to park trains - at 128 kph (80 mph), crashing into the stationary freight train. India's Railway Board, the top executive body, has recommended that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the country's federal investigative agency, take over the probe into the cause of the disaster.Ĭhowdhary said he will submit his report to the Railway Board while the CBI investigation could run simultaneously. People look at the photographs of passengers who were traveling in the trains as they try to find loved ones The probe will take time and we are looking at all possible angles,' Chowdhary told reporters. 'Everyone involved at the site have been asked to join the inquiry. Chowdhary, commissioner of railway safety for the south-eastern circle. Some 120 kilometres (75 miles) further north, at Kharagpur in West Bengal state, railway officials and witnesses gathered to submit evidence to a two-day inquiry, led by A.M. Trains were passing slowly by the derailed and mangled compartments, while the repair work continued at the track side. The King concluded: 'I pray, therefore, that you may be able to convey our most heartfelt prayers and sympathy to all those who have been affected by this appalling tragedy, together with our special thoughts for the people of Odisha.'įollowing non-stop efforts to rescue survivors, and clear and repair the track, trains resumed running over section of the line on Sunday night. I have particularly fond memories of visiting Odisha in 1980 and meeting some of its people on that occasion. 'I do hope you know what a special place India and the people of India have in our hearts. 'I would like to express our deepest possible condolences to the families of all those who have so tragically lost their lives. In a statement released on social media and the Royal Family's website today, the King said: 'Both my wife and I have been most profoundly shocked and saddened by the news of such a dreadful accident outside Balasore. Rescue workers gather around damaged carriages at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, Saturday
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