Odisha train crash: Coromandel Express entered loop line instead of main line, hit goods train, say initial probe

A preliminary report on the Odisha train accident said the Coromandel Express entered the loop line and crashed into a goods train parked there instead of the main line. 

"The signal was given and taken off for the up main line for 12841, but the train entered into a loop line and clashed with goods train which was on up loop line and derailed," the report stated. "In the meantime, 12864 passed through on the DW (downward main line and two coaches were derailed and capsized," it said.

The two passenger trains involved in the accident are the 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and the 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express.