Passenger Train Derails In Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram; 3 dead

At least three persons were killed and several injured after a passenger train traveling from Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam to Odisha’s Rayagada derailed in Vizianagaram district on Sunday evening.

According to reports, bogies derailed after a train going from Vizianagaram to Raigad hit a passenger train travelling on the same route from Vishakapatnam to Palasa.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered to take immediate relief measures and to send as many ambulances as possible from Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli.

“CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered to take immediate relief measures and to send as many ambulances as possible from Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli, the nearest districts of Vizianagaram, and to make all kinds of arrangements in nearby hospitals to provide good medical care. The Chief Minister has issued orders to coordinate other government departments including health, police and revenue to take quick-relief measures and ensure that the injured receive prompt medical services,” stated Andhra Pradesh CMO.