Published 11 months ago

Massive 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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The Guardian

Rescue teams search for survivors after deadly train crash in India – video

Rescue operations are under way after a deadly train crash in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Drone footage showed hundreds of rescuers searching for people between mangled carriages. According to South Eastern Railway, a passenger train was going about 80mph (130km/h) when it collided with a stationary freight train at about 7pm on Friday, causing it to derail. Carriages from the freight train then hit two coaches from a third train travell…

11 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Watch live: Rescue workers search wreckage of deadly India train collision

Watch live as rescue workers continue to comb through the wreckage of one of India's deadliest train crashes in decades.

11 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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USA Today

Massive India train derailment kills over 280 people, hundreds injured

The death toll had risen to over 280 as rescuers continued to sift through the wreckage of one of India's deadliest train derailments in decades.

11 months ago·United States

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abc News

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 involving two passenger trains that left more than 280 people dead and hundreds injured

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