115-km reverse train ride
An Indian teenager drove a nine-coach train in the reverse for over an hour early Friday in the northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh, killing one person and seriously injuring another in an act that is ''a shocking commentary on railway safety,'' the Times of India reported.
The 17-year-old Hindu pilgrim took over the empty train from a shunting yard at Madudih near the holy city of Varanasi and began fiddling with the various levers. Soon the engine started moving in reverse gear and gathered speed as the teen was unable to find the proper controls.This occured in 2001.
Who is at fault ? THe teenager or his parents or the absent railway ppl or the journalist who reported it ? when these type of mishaps happen ppl speak about it and then forget it and then it can happen again.
A similar type of incident had occured in 1992 when a train carrying cattle started to move toward Bareilly, another town in Uttar Pradesh, after someone pressed the start lever while the engine driver was away
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Brave kid!!!
Padmini, I read this news that time when it took place and I was amazed how could a boy got into the engine?
Brave kid!!!
Padmini, I read this news that time when it took place and I was amazed how could a boy got into the engine?
Careless
Absolutely careless attitude of railway personnel. mrinmoychakraborty06@hotmail.com
Mrinmoy Chakraborty
Reverse drive of train
Thank you Padmini. The great human being that you are, you have chosen to write about an event that happened some years ago, but something is really amiss about these kind of events. It is sheer carelessness on the part of the authorities concerned. This should never have happened, and worse, it happened through an innocent teenager, who possibly never knew what he did. This should wake us up, and we should never ever allow such things to happen, anywhere, at any point in time.
Thank you once again, for the very interesting post.