Fatal India Train Crash Caused by Signaling Error, Calls for Prioritizing Passenger Safety.
A train accident in India that killed nearly 300 people was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system, according to officials. The error caused a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, creating a disastrous pileup that involved a second passenger train as well. The collision flipped the Coromandel Express coaches onto another track, causing the incoming Yesvantpur-Howrah Express from the opposite side also to derail. The accident occurred at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is focusing on the modernization of the British colonial-era railroad network in India.
