Two trains collided in southeast India on Sunday evening, resulting in at least eight fatalities and approximately twenty injuries, according to local media that cited officials.
According to the Press Trust of India, the collision resulted in a derailment between the Andhra Pradesh towns of Alamanda and Kantakapalle.
Per officials cited by PTI, the accident happened when one of the passenger trains ran a signal.
A senior railway official confirmed that 18–20 people were injured, while a police official stated that eight people had died.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that he had spoken with the country's railway ministry and "extends condolences to the bereaved families and prays that the injured recover soon."
India is home to one of the most extensive rail networks in the world. Over the years, the country has experienced several tragedies, the worst of which occurred in 1981 when a train in the state of Bihar derailed and fell into a river below, killing an estimated 800 people.
Nearly 300 people were killed in a triple-train collision in the state of Odisha in June.
When a passenger attempted to make tea on a burning coach in southern India in August, at least nine people perished in the incident.
