Bhubaneswar: A day after a passenger train overshot the signal and hit another from behind along Andhra Pradesh- Odisha border, the Vizianagaram district administration on Monday released the list of 13 deceased.
Among them are 9 males, two females while bodies of two are yet to be identified. The deceased also include Vizag-Rayagada loco pilot, Visakhapatnam-Palasa Express guard and a gangman. One of the dead identified so far is from Odisha.
Over 50 passengers sustained injuries in the accident, which took place last evening when Visakhapatnam-Rayagada Passenger Special train hit Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger from the rear. They are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.
