Train crash in India passenger train collided with freight train

In India, a passenger train derailed after colliding with a freight train. At least 50 people were killed, according to the Hindustan Times. Several passengers were trapped under carriages that derailed.

At least 400 people have been injured in a train collision in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, local police said on Friday. According to her, 30 people died; The Press Trust of India reported 50 victims of the tragedy.

Latest visuals from the train accident site in Balasore, Odisha. pic.twitter.com/XZErVBU0Me

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 2, 2023

Congress leader #RahulGandhi expressed grief over the #CoromandelExpress tragedy in #Odisha in which at least 50 people died and over 350 were injured. https://t.co/mNAPIzC1da

— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) June 2, 2023

The accident occurred near the city of Balasore. According to one version, the Bangalore-Kolkata passenger train partially derailed after colliding with another passenger train. Some of the carriages ended up on neighboring tracks, and a fast Coromandel Express train crashed into them, en route from Calcutta to Chennai.

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“The Tamil Nadu Railway Police is taking every measure to coordinate the activities of the railways and the administration. We will also provide assistance to the families of the victims when they contact us,” says ADGP Sandeep Mittal.

What happened

On Friday evening, near the city of Balasore in the state of Odisha in eastern India, a passenger train collided with another passenger train (according to another version, with a freight train) and partially derailed. A number of wagons were on the adjacent track, and another train crashed into them.

#Watch | Visuals from the site of the train accident in #Odisha's #Balasore district where two passenger trains and one good train met with an accident leaving hundreds injured.

Rescue operation is underway at the spot.

(via ANI) pic.twitter.com/ZzLk217Qnz

— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) June 2, 2023

There is no official version of what happened yet, the information in the local media varies.

The dead and the injured

At least 400 people were injured in the train collision, according to local police spokesman Sudhanshu Sarangi.

Police also report 30 dead. The Press Trust of India reported 70 casualties.

Authorities fear that many passengers may remain trapped in damaged carriages.
The rescue operation continues, all the resources of the state’s emergency services are involved in the aftermath of the disaster and helping the wounded.

All medical facilities in and around Balasore have been warned to be ready to receive casualties.

VIDEO | "Two of our teams are already on their way from Bhubaneswar and two teams have been mobilised from Kolkata. They are fully equipped to carry out the search and rescue operation," says NDRF DIG Manoj Yadav. pic.twitter.com/PsZzjMRRRj

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 2, 2023

Rescuers from Bhubaneswar and Kolkata left to help the victims.

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