Story by Raksha Bhattacharjee
Officials claim that passengers on the Pushpak Express had ample time to relocate to a safer place following the Jalgaon disaster.
Jalgaon tragedy: Officials claim that passengers on the Pushpak Express had considerable time to relocate to a safer region.
The Karnataka Express, which killed 12 of the Pushpak Express passengers
Jalgaon, The Karnataka Express, which killed 12 of the Pushpak Express passengers here, arrived 20 minutes later, giving the passengers who disembarked from the train because of a fire rumor enough time to relocate to a safer area, railway officials said Thursday. According to officials in New Delhi, people who got off the train at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday after it had stopped because the emergency chain had been pulled between the Maheji and Pardhade stations stayed on the side tracks without realizing the risk.
They were unable to find a safe spot
They denied rumors that some Pushpak passengers had hurriedly rushed off the train as the incoming Karnataka Express, carrying more than twelve passengers, passed by at approximately 5:05 p.m. According to the authorities, the passengers who disembarked from Pushpak while traveling from Lucknow to Mumbai were probably strolling along the nearby railroad tracks and failed to respond quickly enough to notice the approaching train. The same is suggested by a number of films that passengers posted before the accident, they said. “The first version, which was widely publicized, implied that passengers had no choice but to jump on the tracks because they were unable to find a safe spot to move to. But it’s wrong. “We are looking into what caused the chain to pull,” a railway spokesman said.
The death toll was determined to be 12 as the investigation proceeded
Those who could not see the Karnataka Express coming moved off the track, while those who did not have enough time to do so fell under it, the source added, emphasizing that following basic safety procedures could have saved lives. After officials revealed that a skull and torso that were initially thought to belong to separate people were really from the same person, the death toll was determined to be 12 as the investigation proceeded. When the 12533 Mumbai-bound Pushpak Express’s passengers disembarked after a chain-pulling alarm on Wednesday, the Karnataka Express struck them, according to the first accounts of the incident.