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Six dead including Congress MLA after Bangalore-Nanded Express train collides with lorry in Anantpur

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A Congress MLA from Karnataka was among six persons killed when a speeding granite-laden truck rammed into Bangalore-Nanded Express train after breaking the gate at a level crossing in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of Monday.

Four bogies of the Nanded-bound train derailed as the truck broke the closed boom gate at Madakasira after “overlooking all safety warnings” and hit the H-1 coach at around 2.20 am, the Railways said.

Six passengers travelling in H1 coach of Begaluru-Nanded and the truck driver were killed in the accident, that also led to derailment of two other coaches – S1 and S2.

A Venkatesh Naik, a member of Karnataka Assembly from Devadurg constituency in Raichur district, was among the train passengers killed in the disaster.

The accident occurred at a level crossing at Madakasira in Penukonda mandal of Anantapur district around 2.30 am when the train was on its way to Nanded in Maharashtra from Bengaluru.

The speeding truck was carrying huge granites and the driver apparently failed to notice the railway gate on the recently constructed road.

Such was the impact of the collision that the H1 passenger car was ripped apart by a huge granite. All dead and almost all injured were from this coach.

Some passengers in S1 and S2 sustained minor injuries due to derailment. Anantapur district collector K Sasidhar said 20 buses were arranged for the stranded passengers to take them to their respective destinations.

The injured were shifted to a government-run hospital at Penukonda.

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