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Hirakhand Train Accident: 39 Killed, Over 50 Injured After Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express Derails In Andhra Pradesh


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BHUBANESWAR:  At least 39 people were killed and 54 injured after the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express derailed in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district on Sunday. The incident took place around 11:30 pm on Saturday when the train was going from Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) to Odisha capital Bhubaneswar. Rescuers battled to pull survivors from the wreckage of the train crash, an official said. The government officials as well as emergency workers worked through the night in a bid to locate survivors, a senior railway official said. Thirteen of the train's 22 coaches were unaffected in the incident. Rail traffic on the coast line was suspended.
 
RIP victims.
 
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