Saw A Person Die”: Survivors Recall Horrors Of Andhra Train Accident

Visakhapatnam: 

Survivors of the Vizianagaram train accident recalled experiencing sudden jerks as the train they were travelling in applied its brakes several times before the collision that resulted in the death of 14 people.

Satyanarayana, one of the survivors, told PTI that the passengers felt a few jerks followed by a huge sound and then everything came to a halt.

“We boarded the train at Vizag. Some were going till Bobbili. Suddenly brakes were applied. The train jerked thrice. People began to panic after this,” he said.

At least 14 people died and 50 people were injured when Palasa passenger train hit the Rayagada Passenger train from behind at Kantakapalli, about 40 km from Visakhapatnam, causing three coaches to derail.

Following the crash, Satyanarayana, who was travelling in the last coach, said he and other passengers around him alighted one by one.

He also helped some survivors to disembark to safety on the fateful night.

Later, the man said he received a call from an official asking for their exact location.