The 2010 Badarwas train collision occurred on 20 September 2010, at

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, when two trains collided with each other. Twenty-three people were reported dead as a result of the accident, and 30 people were reported injured.

Accident

The accident happened at around 5 A.M. when a freight train rammed the stationary Indore-Gwalior Intercity Express from behind at Badarwas railway station, resulting in the piling up of the last three compartments of the Intercity express on top of one another.

References

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