Title - Two dead, 50 injured in rail derailment near Arakkonam

Chennai: Two passengers were killed and fifty others injured when a train derailed at Sitheri near Arakkonam this morning, railway sources said.
Nine coaches of the Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Express bound for Yesvantpur derailed at about 0550 hours, they said.
Two passengers were killed in themishap, while the injured were admitted to the hospitals by the rescue teams of the Southern Railway, they added.
In the wake of the incident, the rail traffic on Arakkonam junction has been affected, sources said.
Major track tragedies in past one decade
May 22, 2012: At least 25 people were killed when the Banglore-bound Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods train in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district
July 7, 2011: At least 31 people were killed and 17 injured when a train hit a bus carrying 80 passengers at an unmanned crossing
19 July, 2010: Speeding Sealdah-bound Uttarbanga Express rammed into the Vananchal Express in West Bengal's Birbhum district killing 63 peopleand injuring 165 others
May 28, 2010: Gyaneshwari Express was derailed by Naxals killing at least 148 people
December 1, 2006: A portion of 150-year-old bridge being dismantled collapsed over a passing train in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, killing 35 and injuring 17
November 9, 2006: About 40 died and 15 injured in a West Bengal rail accident
February 27, 2004: 30 people were killed when Guwahati-bound Kanchenjunga Express rammed into a truck at an unmanned level-crossing in West Bengal's Dinajpur district
June 22, 2003: 53 people, including three children, were killed and 25 injured when three coaches of Karwar-Mumbai Central Holiday Special train derailed.
May 15, 2003: A burst stove caused a devastating fire that sweeped through a speeding passenger train in Punjab, killing 40 people and injuring more than 50.
Nine people were killed when Chennai Beach-Vellore Cantonment Mainline Electrical Multiple Unit (MEMU) train rammed into the Arakkonam-Katpadi passenger from behind as it was waiting for a signal at Sitheri Station in 2011.
A team of Railway officials from Chennai have reached the accident site and held preliminary enquiries on the cause of the mishap, railway sources said.
The Southern Railway cancelled seven trains including Bangalore-bound Brindavan Express, Duranto Express between Chennai-Coimbatore and Kovai Express. The West Coast Express, Coimbatore Inter-City Express and Chennai-Tiruvananthapuram mail have also been cancelled, they said.
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