Nine coaches of the Hirakhand Express had been derailed after what now emerges to have been a fault with railway line plates. The affected coaches were mostly those of the Rayagada - Junagarh Link train that joins the coaches that starting from Jagdalpur reach Rayagada,in Odisha. The train met with the accident 25 km from Rayagada near a small station in AP, Kuneru.
The Director General of Odisha Police, said there was no indication of Maoists involvement in the derailment of the train, neither has any left wing extremist group claimed responsibility.
The injured are being treated to the Rayagada hospital, at a hospital in Parvathipuram, AP and some how have made it on their own in Vishakapatnam and Bhubaneswar.
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The Railway Safety Commissioner under the Civil Aviation Ministry would probe the derailment starting with hearing at Rayagada on Monday.
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