Chennai train crash: Too early to blame driver

September 14, 2011 13:22

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who visited the hospital in Chennai where the injured have been admitted, said a comprehensive probe would be launched to ascertain if the accident occurred due to human error or technical fault and said it was too early to blame the driver, who is still in shock.
Terming the accident as "unfortunate", he said preliminary investigation has revealed that the accident took place due to over speeding of the EMU train.
The accident disrupted train services to Coimbatore and Bngalore in the Chennai-Katpadi section and both the up and down track were expected to be restored by around 6 pm today.

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