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2010 Badarwas train collision

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Date
  
20 September 2010

Location
  
Badarwas

Type of incident
  
Collision

Time
  
5 a.m. local time

Country
  
India

Cause
  
Red signal overshot

The 2010 Badarwas train collision occurred on 20 September 2010, at Badarwas, Madhya Pradesh, India, when two trains collided with each other. Twenty three people reported died as a result of the accident, and 30 people were reported injured.

Accident

The accident happened at around 5 A.M. when the freight train rammed the stationary Gwalior Intercity Express from behind, resulting in the piling up of the last three compartments of the Intercity express on top of one another.

References

2010 Badarwas train collision Wikipedia