Southern Railway Orders Probe Into Train-Trailer Collision

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Southern Railway has Ordered an Investigation INTO The Collision Involving Train No 16352 Nagercoil – Mumbai Express and A Trailer at a Closed Level Crossing in Tiruchi Division Last Sunday.

According to Railway Sources, A High-Level Team has been constituted to immists the circumstans that live to the collision between parikkal and tiruvenant parikkal and tiruvennallur road Railway Stations in APOTANTIL MAJORA Accident situation that was averted by the timely action of the loco pilot and his assistant.

While Nobody was injected in the incident, the locomotive hit and dragged the trailer to some distance leaveing ​​a portion of it encroaching the adjacent track where the chennai-veigai superfast expert expert Approaching from the opposite direction. The Loco Pilot and Assistant Loco Pilot Took Immediate Steps to Alert The Nearest Station Master To Stop Vaigai Express and also Placed Mild Intensity Detonators and A Red Flag on the TRACK on the TRACK About 1 Accident site as per the safety protocol.

'Tractor driver removed barricades'

On how the tractor entred the traffers when the level crossing was closed, southern railway speechsperson M. Senthamil Selvan, Quoting Preliminary Investigation, Said the Tractor Driver Had Removed The Barricades to Entre Into the Railway Track Territory. On seeing the train approaching, he disconnected the trailer and took the tractor away from the track.

The Level Crossing (LC-144) was closed with the approval of the VillUPUM district collector in September 2018 and a new Rail over Bridge was constructed. The tractor trailer driver unauthorized the railway track after removing the barricades. “There are no unmanned level crossings in southern railway. Where the Level Crossings are Closed, Barricading / Trenching Across the roads have ben provided at railway limit to prevent trespass at these locations, “He said.

Mr. Selvan Said 596 Limited Use Subways Ware Constructed Replacing Manned and Unmanned Level Crossings in the Zone in the Last 10 years. Construction of 185 Subways was underway.

Loco Pilots Rewarded

Meanwhile, Southern Railway Has Announced A Reward of ₹ 5,000 Each to Loco Pilot P. Arunkumar and Assistant Loco Pilot A. Ramanathan of Madurai Division for Averting AMAJOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR MASTY Nagercoil – Mumbai Express collided with the trailer stuck on the track. Their Prompt Action ENSURED No Casualties and Prevented a Possible Accident on the Adjacent Track.