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The '''Nagpur level crossing disaster''' was an accident that occurred on 3 February 2005, when a crowded trailer being towed by a tractor was hit by a train near the village of Kanan, 20 km from [[Nagpur]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], causing 58 fatalities.<ref name="Nag1">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/safety/downloads/appen-ENG-0405.PDF|title=Train accidents on Indian Railways since 1960-61
|publisher=Indian Railways}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=52 killed as train hits tractor-trolley near Nagpur|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/52-killed-as-train-hits-tractor-trolley-near-nagpur/277593|date=3 February 2005|website=www.outlookindia.com|accessdate=23 September 2017}}</ref>

== Overview ==

The accident happened on an isolated, unmanned level crossing, when a wedding party of 70 people was being transported to the ceremony on a trailer being towed by a tractor.<ref name="Nag2">{{cite web|title=55 dead in train mishap near Nagpur|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/03train.htm|date=4 February 2005|website=www.rediff.com|accessdate=23 September 2017}}</ref> The crossing had no attendant or barriers. The locomotive struck the trailer and stopped just after the crossing, the crumpled trailer still underneath it, and passengers provided what assistance they could until emergency services arrived. 58 people died in the crash or in the days following, and the surviving members of the party were all critically injured.<ref name=Nag1 /> The dead included at least 30 women and 18 children.<ref name=Nag2 /> No train passengers suffered more than minor injuries or shock.

== Aftermath ==

The tragedy was one of a series of multiple-casualty accidents on India's overcrowded and under-maintained railway system, and resulted in demands that Transport Minister [[Laloo Prasad Yadav]] resign. The director of the [[South East Central Railway]] commented that no gate was installed at the rail crossing due to the low frequency of trains on the route, while assuring to look into the matter.<ref>{{cite news|title=India train crash deaths reach 55|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4233159.stm|date=4 February 2005|accessdate=23 September 2017|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[List of level crossing accidents]]
* [[List of rail accidents (2000–09)]]
* [[List of road accidents]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4233159.stm BBC News Report]

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[[Category:Level crossing incidents in India]]
[[Category:Railway accidents in 2005]]
[[Category:2005 road incidents]]
[[Category:History of Nagpur]]
[[Category:2005 in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Nagpur]]
[[Category:History of Maharashtra (1947–present)]]
[[Category:Railway accidents and incidents in Maharashtra]]

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