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International News Story

India is a country that heavily relies on train transportation and has the fourth largest railroad network in the world.  One of the worst, if not the worst, train crashes in India happened on August 21, 1995, near the city of Firozabad.  One train heading toward New Delhi had stopped because a cow that the train had hit had gotten into the engine and messed up the braking system.  The other train was also heading in the same direction toward New Delhi but did not receive warning that the first train had stopped.  When the trains crashed, immediately, several crew members were crushed and died.  Because the crash occurred at 2:55 a.m., most people were sleeping, and it served as a rude awakening to most of them.  Survivors recall seeing mutilated bodies, body limbs and flesh, and much blood.  Between both the trains, they were more than 2,200 people aboard.  300 of these people were killed in this accident, and over 400 were injured.