At least 19 passengers wounded in India train collision

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A collision on Friday (Oct 11) between a passenger train and a stationary freight train in southern India caused 12 coaches to derail.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A passenger train collided with a stationary freight train in the Thiruvalluvar region

00:07of Tamil Nadu state in India, causing a total of 12 coaches to derail on Friday night.

00:14The train crew and passengers said they felt a sudden jerk as the train approached the

00:19Kavarapettai station at around 8.30pm.

00:24This caused the train to enter a loop line instead of the main line.

00:28At least 19 passengers were injured, with four of them suffering severe injuries following

00:33the derailment.

00:34So this was supposed to pass via the main line, run through without stopping.

00:38There is no stoppage here.

00:40And signals were also given for the main line.

00:42It was unusual that despite having the signals for the main line, the train entered the loop

00:48line where the goods train was standing.

00:51So it hit the goods train from behind and because of which this engine has derailed

00:56but fortunately both our loco-pilot and assistant loco-pilot are hale and hearty.

01:02A special train was sent to the affected stretch to ferry the stranded passengers and 18 scheduled

01:09trains were cancelled on Saturday.

01:11The railway authorities have ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident.

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