TERRIBLE TRAIN
ACCIDENT IN FIROZABAD
(By A Staff Reporter)
FIROZABAD, AUG. 20 : At least 298 passengers were killed
and more than 400 others were injured in the decade’s worst train accident in
Firozabad in the early hours of the morning (3.00 am). The accident took place
when the superfast Purushottam Express rammed into the Kalindi Express due to
wrong signalling by the signalman on duty. Though the official report put the
toll at 298, conflicting reports of deaths from various sources are pouring in.
According to the source available here, a platoon of Indian Army has been
pressed into service to carry on the rescue operation on war footing. The
number of injured persons has already crossed 400. Railway sources said that at
least 16 athletes were among the deceased. The Railway Minister rushed to the
spot this morning to make an on-the-spot enquiry. An ex-gratia of Rs. 10,000/-
to the next kin of the deceased and Rs. 2500/- for others injured was
announced. Many trains plying through this line have been cancelled.
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