- Source: Firozabad rail collision
The Firozabad rail collision occurred on 20 August 1995 near Firozabad on the Delhi-Kanpur section of India's Northern Railway, at 02:55 when a passenger train collided with a train which had stopped after hitting a nilgai, killing 358 people. Some estimate the death toll at more than 400. The crash happened in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Both trains were bound for the Indian capital, New Delhi.
The first train, the Kalindi Express from Kanpur, struck a nilgai and could not proceed due to damaged brakes. It was then struck from behind at a speed of 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) by the Purushottam Express from Puri. Three carriages of the Kalindi Express were destroyed, the engine and front two carriages of the Puri train were derailed. Most of the 2,200 passengers aboard the two trains were asleep at the time of the collision.
The accident remains the second-deadliest rail accident in Indian history, only surpassed by the Bihar train derailment.
See also
List of train accidents by death toll
List of Indian rail accidents
References
Sources
Train crash kills at least 250 in India, report from CNN.
Trains collide and explode in India
External links
Firozabad's deadliest Train Accident that killed more than 300
Hell on Wheels (Going off the Tracks) by Meenakshi Ganguly from Time magazine
Kalindi Express
Purushottam Express
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