At least 6 dead, 25 injured after train derails in Vizianagaram, AP

AT least six people were killed and 25 were injured after a passenger train going to Rayagada in Odisha from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh derailed in Vizianagaram district on Sunday.

“There was a rear collision between the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger train and the Visakhapatnam-Ragada passenger train. 3 coaches were involved in the accident and 10 were injured. Rescue operations are underway, Local administration and NDRF were informed for assistance and ambulances. Accident relief trains reached the site”, a senior railways official told the news agency ANI.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered immediate relief measures and to send as many ambulances as possible from Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli, the nearest districts of Vizianagaram, and to make all kinds of arrangements in nearby hospitals to provide good medical care, ANI quoted the CM office's statement.

“The Chief Minister has issued orders to coordinate other government departments including health, police and revenue to take quick-relief measures and ensure that the injured receive prompt medical services”, the statement added.