Bhubaneswar: Four days after the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express was involved in a triple train accident near Bahanagar Bazar station in Balasore district, the down train from Chennai crossed the accident site Tuesday. The Coromandel Express while crossing the accident site had a speed of 30kmph. As the train passed through, a sizeable number of onlookers witnessed the locomotive chug through the distance.
More than 70 trains including Vande Bharat Express have so far crossed through Bahanaga Bazar Station since both the up and down lines were restored Sunday night.
The three trains involved in the major accident which claimed 278 lives and injured 1,200, were the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Express and a stationary goods train. The CBI has Tuesday took over the Balasore GRP case No. 64 registered by Odisha police.
Khurda Road Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rinkesh Ray had earlier said Monday of the 278 bodies, 177 have been identified while the unclaimed bodies have been kept in six different hospitals. He said that the Railways has deployed people in states such as Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to locate any missing person.