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Sources said the heavy lorry laden with steel plates would have lost balance with the train catching speed and, on the curve, it probably tilted and gave away bursting the fasteners that secure it.

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Ro-Ro is a service that enables loaded trucks to be carried directly on railway wagons between two destinations. In one train, approximately 44 loaded/ empty trucks are usually moved. Started on January 26, 1999, by KRCL between Kolad (near Mumbai) and Verna in Goa, the facility was extended till Surathkal, off Mangaluru from June 15, 2004.

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The Ro-Ro model is useful as it helps in saving fuel and turnaround time and is more economical than the cost incurred by road. A truck operator, who makes two to three trips a week by road between two destinations, can make more per week with Ro-Ro. The idea is now slowly being replicated across various Indian Railway zones, with even Central and Western Railway adopting it.

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