Rescuers and others stand after two passenger trains collided in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Oct.29, 2023.

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Rescuers and others stand after two passenger trains collided in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Oct.29, 2023.

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HYDERABAD, India — A passenger prepare crashed into one other in southern India on Sunday, killing 13 folks and inuring 25, officers stated.

The incoming prepare slammed right into a stationary prepare in Andhra Pradesh state’s Vizianagaram district, inflicting a derailment of a minimum of three rail vehicles, senior railway officer Saurab Prasad stated.

Prasad stated a preliminary investigation discovered human error was the trigger.

Train crashes are widespread in India and are sometimes blamed on human error or outdated signaling gear.

In June, greater than 280 folks had been killed in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades when two passenger trains rammed into one another in jap India.

More than 12 million folks experience 14,000 trains throughout India day by day, touring on 64,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) of monitor.