US EditionMassive India train derailment kills over 280 people, hundreds injured
- More than 280 people were killed and hundreds injured in one of India's deadliest rail crashes in decades when two passenger trains derailed in eastern India, just south of Kolkata, on Friday night.
- Rescuers worked overnight recovering bodies and freeing survivors from the twisted metal and broken glass, using cutting torches to break open doors and windows. The cause of the crash is under investigation, but despite government efforts to improve rail safety, several hundred accidents occur every year on India's railways, the largest train network under one management in the world.
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India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation's worst rail disasters
Rescuers in India have found no additional survivors from the massive derailment Friday involving two passenger trains that left more than 280 people dead and hundreds injured.
Latest: India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation’s worst rail disasters
BALASORE, India (AP) — Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country's deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday. Chaotic scenes erupted on Friday night as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches. The death toll rose stead…
Death toll from India train derailment rises to over 280 people
Rescuers carry the body of a victim at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers in India have found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Rafiq Maqbo…
India: More than 280 dead, hundreds hurt in horrific three-train collision
As dawn broke on Saturday, rescue workers were able to see the full extent of the carnage. More than 200 ambulances and hundreds of doctors, nurses and rescue personnel were sent to the scene, the state's chief secretary Pradeep Jena said.
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