MOSCOW, June 2 At least 80 people were killed and another 850 were injured in a collision between two passenger and freight trains in the Indian state of Odisha, Agence France-Presse reports.
«The death toll from a railway crash in India has risen to at least 80, with 850 injured,» the agency said, citing an official. in the Indian state of Odisha, India Today reported that about 70 people were killed in a collision between a passenger and freight train in India.
The collision of trains occurred on Friday at about 19.20 local time (16.50 Moscow time) near the city of Balasore in India. According to updated data from the railway authorities, 10-12 cars of a passenger train traveling from Kolkata to Chennai derailed due to a collision with a freight train and fell onto the opposite track. After some time, another passenger train crashed into them, as a result, three or four more cars with people derailed. Sudhanshu Sarangi State Fire Chief. More than a hundred members of the National Disaster Relief Force and their state counterparts are participating in the rescue operation looking for victims. Many passengers can remain under the overturned train cars. The rescue operation is complicated by the dark time of day. .html» data-title=»Major railway accidents and disasters in the world in 2022-2023″>