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Nanded Express accident: Andhra CM orders probe

The accident claimed six lives and left 20 injured in the early hours of Monday

A trolley carrying granite boulder hit the Bangalore-Nanded Express in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh (Photo: ANI)
IANS Hyderabad
Last Updated : Aug 24 2015 | 11:01 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has ordered a probe into the train disaster in Anantapur district which claimed six lives and left 20 injured in the early hours of Monday.

The chief minister directed district collector to conduct an inquiry into the accident in which a granite-laden truck rammed into Nanded Express at a railway crossing near Madakasira.

The train was on its way to Nanded from Bengaluru.

Naidu expressed shock over the accident, which killed six people including a member of Karnataka legislative assembly.

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First Published: Aug 24 2015 | 10:28 AM IST

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