India train crash: More than 200 dead after Odisha incident

According to authorities, at least 207 citizens are now known to have died and 900 injured in a numerous train collision in the eastern Odisha state of India.

According to Odisha’s deputy director Pradeep Jena, more than 200 ambulances were dispatched to the scene in the Balasore area.

It is believed that one customer train derailed before colliding with another late on Friday on the nearby trail.

It is the worst coach accident in India this decade. According to authorities, more deaths are anticipated.

The Coromandel Express and the Howrah Superfast Express were the two companies involved, according to Indian Railways.

According to Sudhanshu Sarangi, the fire department’s manager general in Odisha, 207 systems have been found so far.

More than 100 more physicians had been mobilized, according to Mr. Jena earlier.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his distress over the event and his concern for the grieving families.

He tweeted,” Save operations are underway at the scene of the accident, and all aid is being provided to those affected.”

However, Amit Shah, the home minister, described the incident as” greatly agonizing.”

” 10 to 15 individuals fell on me when the incident happened, and all went wild ,” according to one female victim. At the base of the heap was me.

My hands and the back of my neck were both injured. The victim told India’s ANI media agency that when I exited the train bogie, I noticed that someone had lost their hand, a leg, and that their face was distorted.

At around 19:00 local time( 13:30 GMT ), it is thought that several carriages from the Shalimar – Chennai Coromandel Express derailed, with some of them ending up on the opposing track.

The overturned vehicles are therefore believed to have been struck by a different station, the Howrah Superfast Express, which was traveling from Yesvantpur.

A products coach that was stationed at the location, according to American officials, was also involved in the incident. They didn’t give any more information.

Some of the passengers who were still alive were seen rushing in to aid in the evacuation of those trapped inside the aircraft.

Additionally, regional bus firms assisted in transporting injured travelers.

Anbarasan Ethirajan, a provincial writer for BBC South Asia, claims that despite successive governments spending hundreds of millions of dollars to boost the infrastructure, accidents still occur frequently on India’s one of the largest teach networks in the world.

At least 800 people were killed when an crowded passenger train was blown off the lines and into a valley in Bihar position in 1981, causing the worst train accident in India.