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K’taka MLA among 5 killed in train truck smash
Five persons, including a Congress MLA from Karnataka, were killed and two others injured when a trolley carrying granite boulder hit the Bangalore-Nanded Express in Anantapur district in the early hours of Monday. The trolley hit the train at Madakasira railway gate and the granite boulder crashed against the first-class carriage of the train, Anantapur DIG K Satyanarayana said.
Anantapur/Bengaluru: Five persons, including a Congress MLA from Karnataka, were killed and two others injured when a trolley carrying granite boulder hit the Bangalore-Nanded Express in Anantapur district in the early hours of Monday. The trolley hit the train at Madakasira railway gate and the granite boulder crashed against the first-class carriage of the train, Anantapur DIG K Satyanarayana said.
Four coaches (B-1, H1, S-1 and S-2) were also derailed in the mishap, the South Western Railway said. Congress MLA Venkatesh Naik from Devadurg in Raichur district of Karnataka, travelling in the train, was killed on the spot, Satyanarayana said. Naik was also a former four-time Lok Sabha Member of Parliament.
The trolley sped onto the railway track despite the railway gate and the brakes of the trolley appeared to have failed, he said. The AC bogie was crushed and three sleeper coaches of the train derailed in the incident. The driver of the trolley fled and its cleaner died in the tragedy, the senior police official said.
Officials said 20 people were injured in the tragedy and they were admitted to hospitals in Penukonda and Bengaluru. The Railways has released helpline numbers: Helpline desk at Bangalore City Railway Station: 080 22354108, 09731666751, 080 22156553; Helpline desk at Penukonda Station: 0855220244.
