Jajpur derailment

On 13 February 2009, a passenger train derailment occurred at 19:45 local time (14:15 UTC) near Jajpur in the eastern state of Odisha, India.

Following initial reports that the death toll was 10,[3] two relief trains were dispatched to the scene.

Medical and rescue teams from the Bhubaneswar headquarters of East Coast Railway converged on the scene of the accident and erected emergency lighting to speed up the rescue effort, which had been hampered by the dark.

Union Minister of State for Railways R. Velu reached the spot on Saturday morning to take stock of the situation.

[1] Twelve of the 24 coaches of the superfast train derailed approximately 110 kilometres (68 mi) from the state's capital, Bhubaneswar.