ODISHA, India: India's Railway Board has recommended that the investigation into Friday's (Jun 2) train crash, the deadliest in the country in more than two decades, be handed over to the cou
, be handed over to the country's federal investigating agency, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday.
"For future enquiry, for future investigation, a recommendation has been made by the Railway Board to hand over this case to the Central Bureau of Investigation," Vaishnaw told reporters. It also coordinates and controls the signal to an oncoming train, indicating whether the train has to move straight or switch to a new track, he said.
Explaining the sequence of events that led to the crash at Bahanaga station in Balasore district, Sinha said the Coromandel Express heading to Chennai from Kolkata moved out of the main track, entered a loop track – a side track used to park trains – at a speed of 128kmh and crashed into a freight train carrying iron ore that was parked on the loop track.
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