Error in Signaling System Led to Train Crash That Killed 275 People in India, Official Says

Error in Signaling System Led to Train Crash That Killed 275 People in India, Official Says
People watch at the site where trains that derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa on June 4, 2023. Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BALASORE, India—The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday.

Authorities worked to clear the mangled wreckage of the two passenger trains that derailed Friday night in Balasore district in Odisha state in one of the country’s deadliest rail disasters in decades.