India’s Railway Board has recommended that the country’s federal investigative agency take over the investigation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BENGALURU - An official probe into one of India’s deadliest train crashes was announced on Monday, whileas rescue operations came to an end following the three-train crash on Friday.
Mr Deepak Behera, 37, who was playing football within earshot of the crash, told local news channels that for a moment, he thought the crash “was an earthquake”. He said he helped pull out at least 28 people from the overturned carriages. Senior doctors, specialised equipment and medicines have been flown in from the Indian capital, New Delhi, to help to attend to the injured, of whom more than 100 need critical care, said Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.Indian Railway Minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw announced a payment of one million rupees to the families of the deceased, 200,000 rupees to the critically injured and 50,000 rupees to those who sustained minor injuries.
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