<p> Unmindful of the pouring rain and poor visibility in pitch darkness—save a few high mast lamps in the compound of a private cement factory on the northern side of the tracks—people from nearby villages trooped out spontaneously out to help beleaguered passengers to safety.<br /><br />“It must have been around 9:45 pm. I heard a loud blast and when I ran out, I saw one train rammed into another; many passengers had been thrown out with bleeding injuries,” said G Kumar, a farmer in Chitteri. “But soon, with or without torch lights, hundreds of others from four villages around this place rushed out to help pull out the injured.” <br /><br />The driver of the Electrical Multiple Unit had apparently jumped out. “I by then was out of my factory and along with a few others we pulled him out (the driver); he was still conscious and could recall a mobile number,” said Ezhil Kumar of Chitteri. “We put him in a share-auto and sent him to Arakkonam Government Hospital.” </p>
<p> Unmindful of the pouring rain and poor visibility in pitch darkness—save a few high mast lamps in the compound of a private cement factory on the northern side of the tracks—people from nearby villages trooped out spontaneously out to help beleaguered passengers to safety.<br /><br />“It must have been around 9:45 pm. I heard a loud blast and when I ran out, I saw one train rammed into another; many passengers had been thrown out with bleeding injuries,” said G Kumar, a farmer in Chitteri. “But soon, with or without torch lights, hundreds of others from four villages around this place rushed out to help pull out the injured.” <br /><br />The driver of the Electrical Multiple Unit had apparently jumped out. “I by then was out of my factory and along with a few others we pulled him out (the driver); he was still conscious and could recall a mobile number,” said Ezhil Kumar of Chitteri. “We put him in a share-auto and sent him to Arakkonam Government Hospital.” </p>
