2010 Badarwas train collision

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| date = 20 September 2010

| time = 5 a.m. local time

| location = Badarwas

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| cause = Red signal overshot[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/113319/India/23-killed,-50-injured-in-train-collision-in-madhya-pradesh.html 23 killed, 50 injured in train collision in Madhya Pradesh]

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| deaths = 23[http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article700390.ece 23 killed as freight train rams Gwalior Intercity]

| injuries = 30

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The 2010 Badarwas train collision occurred on 20 September 2010, at Badarwas, Madhya Pradesh, India, when two trains collided with each other. Twenty-three people were reported dead as a result of the accident, and 30 people were reported injured.

Accident

The accident happened at around 5 A.M. when a freight train rammed the stationary Indore-Gwalior Intercity Express from behind at Badarwas railway station, resulting in the piling up of the last three compartments of the Intercity express on top of one another.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Staff-missing-after-train-accident-RPF-asked-to-search/Article1-602489.aspx |title=Staff missing after train accident, RPF asked to search |access-date=2010-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922220130/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Staff-missing-after-train-accident-RPF-asked-to-search/Article1-602489.aspx |archive-date=2010-09-22 |url-status=dead }}

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