At approximately 06:00 a.m. (00:30 GMT) Wednesday, between four and seven people were killed when an Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) passenger train crashed into a stationary freight train at Vyasarpadi Jeeva station , in Chennai, India. Between eleven and twenty persons were injured, and rushed to General Hospital in Chennai. Chennai rail and bus network Officials are unsure of the number of persons aboard the passenger train, which was operated by an unknown person. "It is not clear who operated (it)," said S. Jayanth, acting general manager of Southern Railway . The operator of the EMU train was not in the train when it left 15 minutes to half an hour before the scheduled departure time. It is said some passengers did board the passenger train. The EMU train ignored all signals, and drove about at high speed, jumping tracks , before colliding with the goods train. Railways Minister Lalu Prasad announced that an inquiry will be held.
At approximately 06:00 a.m. (00:30 GMT) Wednesday, between four and seven people were killed when an (EMU) passenger train crashed into a stationary at , in Chennai, India. Between eleven and twenty persons were injured, and rushed to General Hospital in Chennai. Chennai rail and bus network Officials are unsure of the number of persons aboard the passenger train, which was operated by an unknown person. "It is not clear who operated (it)," said S. Jayanth, acting general manager of . The operator of the EMU train was not in the train when it left 15 minutes to half an hour before the scheduled departure time. It is said some passengers did board the passenger train. The EMU train ignored all signals, and drove about at high speed, , before colliding with the goods train. announced that an inquiry will be held.
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Railways Minister Lalu Prasad