High-level probe ordered to determine cause of Odisha train derailment
The railways has initiated a high-level probe into the train crash in Odisha to be headed by the commissioner of railway safety, South Eastern Circle.
The commissioner of railway safety works under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and investigates all such accidents.
“A M Chowdhary, CRS, SE Circle, will inquire into the accident,” a railway spokesperson said on Saturday.
More than 233 people have been killed and over 900 injured in the crash on Friday involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train.
