it s sunday 5th june. our main story: early investigations into friday s rail accident in eastern india, suggest a signalling error may have been to blame for the crash. at least 288 people died and more than 800 were injured in the incident, which involved two passenger trains and a goods train. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood has the latest. it is india s worst rail disaster in decades. around 2,000 people were packed into the commuter trains when they collided. hundreds are known to have died with many more injured. those pulled from the wreckage were taken to nearby hospitals where they spoke of the horror of the crash. translation: when the accident occurred we realised that there was a fire. when it caught fire nobody could escape. some did manage to get out, some were able to run out of the carriage. but the train had fallen over another train. koshida had to watch as her only
have also begun, promising answers and punishment for those responsible for this terrible loss of life. joe inwood, bbc news. we re nowjoined by our news correspondent archan shukla, who s at the scene this morning. archna, what more do we know? two separate enquiries are ongoing, and as we speak, i have received information that the row minister has said that the preliminary reason could have been identified, however, he has not divulge the details. diebold should. some of the early details we got indicated there could have been a failure on the system s part, the signalling error apart, which led to the coromandel express actually derailing and moving on to the other truck, whether stationary goods train was standing, and hit that train, at which point the carriages overturned onto the other
six women attempt to row unassisted around britain, while mapping water pollution in our seas. good morning. it is a case of eat, sleep, repeat with the weather at the moment. high pressure remains with us. lots of dry, settled in sunny weather around, but the best of it is always out to the west. all the details coming up shortly. it s sunday, the 5th ofjune. our main story. early investigations into friday s rail accident in eastern india, suggest a signalling error may have been to blame for the crash. at least 288 people died and more than 800 were injured in the incident, which involved two passenger trains and a goods train. our correspondentjoe inwood has the latest. it is india s worst rail disaster in decades. around 2,000 people were packed into the commuter trains when they collided.