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Train crash in India kills 14 people

Rescuers search for survivors at the collision site of two passenger trains in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India, October 29, 2023 [AP Photo]

A “human error” was the cause of a deadly train crash that killed at least 14 passengers and injured nearly 50 in India’s southeastern Andhra Pradesh state, officials have said.

A passenger train overshot a signal on Sunday between the towns of Alamanda and Kantakapalle in the Vizianagaram district, striking a stationary train. At least three cars were derailed in the accident, Saurabh Prasad, a senior railway officer, said.

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