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<keyword id="50861" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="balasore" source="Orion">Balasore</keyword>/Bhubneshwar, Huge cranes and bulldozers have been brought in to raise a coach which has been buried by the impact of another wagon falling on as rescue workers wield gas torches and electric cutters to pull out survivors and the dead from the mangled steel of three trains that derailed one on top of another in a horrific sequence, killing at least 238 people and injuring more than 900 in Odisha's Balasore district, officials and witnesses said Saturday. Officials in Bhubaneswar said 200 ambulances, 50 buses and 45 mobile health units were working at the accident site, besides 1,200 personnel. The bodies were being taken to the hospitals in all kinds of vehicles, including tractors. "Death toll in the <keyword id="17594960" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Balasore-Train-Accident" source="Orion">Balasore Train Accident</keyword> has risen to 238," Odisha Chief Secretary PK Jena told newspersons at the Odisha state secretariat in Bhubaneshwar Saturday. The train crash, the fourth deadliest in India according to available records, happened near the Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district, about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar, around 7 pm on Friday, prompting the Railway Ministry to order a probe. The inquiry into the train accident will be led by A M Chowdhary, Commissioner Railway Safety, South East Circle, the Indian Railways said in a statement. The Commissioner Railway Safety comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation. While it is not clear what caused the crash, sources indicate a possible signalling failure. Several coaches of the 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, on the way to Howrah, derailed and fell on adjacent tracks, an official said. "These derailed coaches collided with the 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and its coaches capsized too," he said. A goods train was also involved in the accident as some of the coaches of the Coromandel Express, which was heading to Chennai, hit its wagons after getting derailed, he added. Railway Spokesperson Amitabh Sharma told PTI Video that the Coromandel Express derailed first, and its 10-12 coaches fell on the line on which the Bengaluru-Howrah Express was travelling, forcing it to jump off the tracks. The differing versions of the accident could not be immediately reconciled. The opposition while expressing condolences at the deaths which occurred in one of India's worst train dissters, also lashed out at the government. "Government concentrates only on luxury trains. Trains and tracks of common people are neglected. Orissa deaths are the result of it. Rail minister should resign," CPI MP Binoy Viswam said in a tweet. Gas cutters were used to extricate the bodies from under the derailed coaches. Disaster management personnel and firemen were busy at work trying to extricate bodies as dawn broke on this tiny way station on the east coast railway line. From a nearby hill the accident site looked like as if a powerful whirlwind had thrown train coaches on top of each other, in a haphazard "wrathful" manner. Closer to the ground mangled steel and bloodied and disfigured bodies lay enmeshed with each other creating a grotesque sight. "Some of the scenes at the site were too gory to describe," said a passenger. Railway tracks were almost destroyed at the spot as mangled coaches lay strewn all over, with some having mounted on another, while a few coaches turned turtle due to the impact. Pijush Poddar, a resident of Berhampore in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, was travelling to Tamil Nadu in the Coromandel Express to join work there when the accident happened. "We were jolted and suddenly saw the train bogie turn on one side. Many of us were thrown out of the compartment by the momentum of the derailment. When we managed to crawl out, we found bodies lying all around," he said. Locals said they heard consecutive loud sounds, following which they rushed to the spot and found the derailed coaches, which were nothing but "a mangled heap of steel". "The local people really went out on a limb to help us... They not only helped in pulling out people but retrieved our luggage and got us water, " Rupam Banerjee, one of the passengers, told reporters. One of the coaches "was pushed into the ground " as another from a neighbouring train collapsed on top of it, passengers said. Work is on to try and extricate that particular bogie and retrieve the dead in it. "This will push up the deth toll significantly," a state disaster relief officer said. Balasore district hospital looked like a war zone with the injured lying on stretchers in the corridor and rooms bursting at its seams with extra beds propped up. Harried medical staff were seen trying to bring succour to patients many of whom are from states other than Odisha and had difficulties in communicating. In all some 526 railway accident victims have been admitted to this one single hospital. Policemen and locals have been volunteering to donate blood at this and many hospitals through the night, said officials. More than 2,000 people gathered at the Balasore Medical College and Hospital in the night to help the injured, and many also donated blood, officials said. The morgue at the hospital was a pile of white shrouded bodies, many of them yet to be identified as relatives are yet to make their way to the town with many train services cancelled or delayed due to the accident on a major railway trunk route. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared one-day state mourning on Saturday in the wake of the deadly triple train crash. State Special Relief Commissioner Satyabrata Sahoo said those injured in the accident were undergoing treatment in different hospitals. All government and private hospitals in the nearby districts, including the AIIMS at Bhubaneswar are being used. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reached the site in the morning as did Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. The railways announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased, Rs 2 lakh for those grievously injured and Rs 50,000 for those who got minor injuries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too expressed his distress over the accident, and announced an additional ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured from the PM's National Relief Fund (PMNRF). "Distressed by the train accident in Odisha. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. Spoke to Railway Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw and took stock of the situation. Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap and all possible assistance is being given to those affected," he tweeted. The Odisha government issued helpline 06782-262286. The railway helplines are 033-26382217 (Howrah), 8972073925 (Kharagpur), 8249591559 (Balasore) and 044- 25330952 (Chennai). Expressing concern over the accident, in which a large number of people from West Bengal were involved, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she was monitoring the situation along with the chief secretary and other officials. West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi said the state was sending a team led by minister Manas Bhunia and MP Dola Sen to the spot. So far, 18 long-distance trains have been cancelled due to the accident, which happened on the Howrah-Chennai main line in the Kharagpur division of the South Eastern Railway. PTI AAM/AMR/ASG JRC SOM CK JRC JRC

Odisha rail crash: Rescuers try to raise buried coach, death toll at 238

New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) At least 233 people have died and over 900 injured in a tragic rail accident involving Coromandel Express and the SMVP-Howrah Superfast Express on Friday night, in one of the worst <keyword id="61376" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="train-accidents" source="Orion">train accidents</keyword> in India in last decade. Multiple agencies are still trying to rescue the passengers from the mangled train coaches. Here is a list of some major train accidents that has taken place in last 15 years. 1. 2010, Jnaneswari Express: At least 148 passengers of the Mumbai-bound express train died after a few coaches got derailed between Khemashuli and Sardhia stations of South Eastern Railway after midnight May 28, 2010, and toppled on the adjacent tracks. A goods train coming from the opposite direction within a few minutes ploughed through the coaches. More than 200 passengers were injured. It was alleged that Maoists had damaged the tracks which led to the tragedy in West Bengal. 2. 2010, Uttar Banga Express and Vananchal Express: On July 19, 2010 the Uttar Banga Express and the Vananchal Express rammed into each other in West Bengal's Sainthia leaving about 63 dead and injuring over 165 people. 3. 2011, Chhapra-Mathura Express: On July 7, 2011, Chhapra-Mathura Express collided with a bus near Etah district in Uttar Pradesh. In the accident, 69 people died and many were severely injured. The accident took place at around 1:55 a.m. at an unmanned level crossing. The train was running at high speed and the bus was dragged for about half a kilometre. 4. 2012, Hubli-Banglore Hampi Express: On May 23, 2012, the Hubli-Bangalore Hampi Express collided with a goods train near Andhra Pradesh. Following the mishap, four coaches derailed, and one of them caught fire, killing about 25 passengers and charring several others. 43 people were left injured in the accident. 5. 2012, Tamil Nadu Express: On July 30, 2012, a coach of Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore, leaving more than 30 people dead. 6. 2014, Gorakhdham Express: On May 26, 2014, the Sant Kabir Nagar area of Uttar Pradesh, the Gorakhdham Express headed towards Gorakhpur collided with a halted goods train near Khalilabad station, leaving 25 dead and more than 50 injured. 7. 2015, Janata Express accident: A major accident took place in the Janata Express travelling from Dehradun to Varanasi on March 20, 2015. Over 30 people were killed and around 150 others injured when the engine and two adjoining coaches of the train derailed near Bachrawan Railway Station in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. 8. 2016, Patna-Indore Express: 19321 Indore-Patna Express derailed near Pukhrayan, Kanpur, on November 20, 2016, killing at least 150 people and injuring more than 150 others. 9. 2017 Kalinga-Utkal Express accident: On August 19, 2017, the Kalinga Utkal Express running between Haridwar and Puri met with an accident near Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. 14 coaches of the train derailed killing 21 passengers while 97 were left injured. 10. 2017, Kaifiyat Express: On August 23, 2017 nine train coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed near Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, causing at least 70 injuries. None of the passengers died in this train accident. 11. 2022, Bikaner-Guwahati Express: On January 13, 2022, at least 12 coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express derailed in West Bengal's Alipurdar, in which 9 people died and 36 were injured. Even one of Indian Railways premium train Rajdhani Express met one of its worst fate in 2002. The 2301 Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed near Rafiganj station between Gaya and Dehri-on-Sone stations in Bihar at 10.40 p.m. killing over 140 people after 14 coaches of the plunged into the Dhawa river on the night of September 10, 2002. The Railways has been focusing on the safety of train passengers in last few years and has upgraded the railway tracks and also installed a device named 'kavach' to save trains from head on collision. The Railways also removed all the unmanned level crossings on its broad guage network. However, Friday's accident involving the Coromandel Express and the SMVP-Howrah Superfast Express trains has put the spotlight once again on track safety despite several efforts by the Indian Railways.

Major train accidents that India witnessed in last 15 years

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div><ul><li>A London Tramlink service derailed last year, with fatal results.</li><li>Rail crash investigators released a video reconstruction on Thursday.</li><li>It showed the tram leaving the tracks at 78 km/h in a 20 km/h zone.</li><li>Investigators said driver Alfred Dorris may have been in a "microsleep" at the time.</li><li>Dorris is being investigated by police over a potential manslaughter case.</li></ul> Rail accident investigators have released a video showing exactly how a "catastrophic" tram crash unfolded last year, killing seven people.The UK's Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) published animated footage showing how a London Tramlink service to Croydon derailed on November 9, 2016.It concluded that the driver lost control of the vehicle, and suggested that he might have done so because he was having a "microsleep" - a technical term for a brief period of involuntary unconsciousness.The video shows the tram approaching a tight left-hand curve after leaving a series of connected tunnels in the Sandilands area of Croydon.It approaches the curve at high speed, and starts to tip onto its right side as it proceeds. The tram carriage then tips over completely, and skids to a halt on the other side of the tracks.The impact killed seven people, left 19 people with serious injuries and 43 more with minor injuries. The driver was one of those with minor injuries.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>The tram was travelling at 78 km/h - close to its maximum speed of 80 km/h - when it left the tunnels.At that point the tram ought to have slowed to 20 km/h to successfully navigate. But it kept on at high speed, leading to it spiralling off the tracks.Describing the crash, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/665491/R182017_171207_Sandilands.pdf">the full report said</a>: "This catastrophic accident was the worst to occur on a British tramway for more than 90 years."It concluded that&#xa0;there were "insufficient safety measures" in place, and recommended 15 steps to help prevent future accidents.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>The report did not blame anybody for the accident, a task RAIB officials said is beyond its remit.RAIB said: "A possible explanation for this loss of awareness was that the driver had a microsleep, and that this was linked to fatigue."Although it is possible that the driver was fatigued due to insufficient sleep there is no evidence that this was the result of the shift pattern that he was required to work."Officers from the British Transport Police have questioned the driver, named in the media as 43-year-old Alfred Dorris, on suspicion of manslaughter.A police spokesman told Business Insider they last spoke to Dorris in October. They are compiling a report on the crash, which public prosecutors will use to decide whether to pursue charges against him.<div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-unhealthy-diet-exercise-politics-2016-10">Everything we know about Trump's unhealthy diet</a></h3> <div> </div> </div></hr>

This video shows exactly how a London tram crash killed 7 people after the driver 'had a microsleep'

<div style="float: right; margin: 15px 0 20px 20px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/category/chart-of-the-day"> </div></div></div>The EIA says that "the flexibility and adaptability of CBR has facilitated new flows from the Midwest to the East Coast and West Coast, as well as from the Rocky Mountains to the East Coast and Canada." Previously, most crude produced in the United States was moved by pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma. The increase in crude by rail is great for the industry - it can get the massive amounts of crude now being produced where it needs to go using infrastructure that already exists.But it has its downsides. The ramp-up of crude-carrying trains has exposed <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/crude-oil-train-derailments-2015-3">the dangers of crude-carrying train derailments</a>. They existed before, but there wasn't enough being shipped for it to pose a big risk. Reuters' John Kemp explains the problem this poses for the railroads and the oil industry: Negotiations between the railroads, oil producers, refiners and the U.S. government about new crude-by-rail regulations and tank car safety standards boil down to the question of how to balance the safety imperative of withdrawing older and less secure tank cars as soon as possible against the commercial imperative of keeping them in service for longer to maintain tank car availability and keep the oil flowing.The problem is that the risks are real, but minute for any one shipment. And the rewards are easy to calculate.Safety seems to be making some gains, though. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-north-dakota-launches-oil-rules-hoping-to-curb-us-rail-disasters-2015-4">Reuters reported Wednesday</a> that many of the gases in North Dakota crude that can make crude-by-rail crashes at higher risk of explosions will need to be removed before the oil is shipped.It's a North Dakota rule, but Reuters' Ernest Scheyder writes that, "in the absence of concrete regulations from the U.S. Department of Transportation, North Dakota's new rules become the de facto national standard on the treatment of crude before tankcar loading."

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<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"></div>Nashville Metro PoliceCops found prescription pills in Harrell's sock as he was being booked into jail.</div>3 Doors Down bassist Todd Harrell was arrested on Friday and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/21/todd-harrell-arrested-3-doors-down_n_3127101.html" target="_blank">charged with vehicular homicide</a> after a fatal crash in Nashville.
The 41-year-old musician's Cadillac allegedly "struck a Ford pickup truck, causing it to hit a guard rail, crash down an embankment and flip, throwing driver Paul Howard Shoulders from the vehicle," reports <a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/todd-harrell-arrested-vehicular-homicide-3-doors-down-car-crash-accident-dead/" target="_blank">GossipCop</a>.
Shoulders, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital after Harrell failed field sobriety tests and admitted to cops that he’d been drinking hard cider and taking prescription pills.
As Harrell was being booked into jail, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/21/todd-harrell-arrested-3-doors-down_n_3127101.html" target="_blank">law enforcement officials found</a> a plastic bag concealed in his sock that contained eight Xanax pills, 24 Oxycodone pills and four Oxymorphone pills.
Harrell has been charged with vehicular homicide, bringing controlled substances into jail, and is currently being held on $100,000 bond.
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Paul Howard Shoulders, Jr. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family and friends at this difficult time," said a statement released on the <a href="http://www.3doorsdown.com/news" target="_blank">3 Doors Down website</a>.
The band has a greatest hits tour planned for Europe and the U.S. this summer.

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