The investigation into last year’s tragic collision of two passenger trains in the Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, which left 17 passengers dead and 34 injured, has not revealed any evidence to prove that the locomotive pilots of one of the trains were watching cricket at the time of the accident.
In March this year, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had claimed that “both the loco pilot and co-pilot were distracted by the cricket match which was going on”.
Safety first: On the lessons from the train accident in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh
