Bhubaneswar: A train derailment was reported today morning near Kashipatnam in the Visakhapatnam district. The East Coast Railway informed that Train number 08551, Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Express while approaching Sivalingapuram railway station in Kottavalasa-Araku section in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district derailed.
However, an accident was averted. No casualties were reported in this incident. “After the incident was reported the DRM (Divisional Railway Manager) of the Waltair division of ECoR, Anup Kumar Satpathy, along with a team of officers rushed to the spot in Accident Relief Medical Train (ARMT) to monitor the restoration works after the detachment of the derailed coach.
Meanwhile, several trains were delayed due to the incident on the route. After the reattachment of the derailed coach, the train resumed its journey, ECoR added.
