It is still not clear what caused the accident, but rescue teams are on site; at least 300 people were taken to nearby hospitals due to their injuries.
Collision between trains in India It left at least 50 dead and 300 injured, authorities said on Friday, 2. Several witnesses told the press that the Coromandel Express passenger train and a freight train collided near Balasore, about 200 kilometers from the state capital. , Bhubaneswar. A second passenger train was also involved in the accident, according to Odisha President Pradeep Jena. The Press Trust of India news agency reported, for its part, about 50 people were dead, citing officials who asked not to be identified. The Balasore police deputy inspector general’s office said at least 300 people were injured, many of them seriously. “The details of the collision are still unclear, but teams are on the ground and everyone is busy with rescue work,” said a police officer who also declined to be named. “In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the families (…) May the injured recover soon,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on Twitter. He also said he was in contact with Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to follow up on the situation. Local media outlets showed images of a train car overturned to one side of the track, with what appeared to be survivors on top of it, as residents tried to get the victims to safety.
The accident happened around 7:20 pm (10:20 am in Brasilia) and the images show about 15 wagons overturned on the tracks, with several people trying to save the passengers trapped inside. According to Indian Railways spokesman Amitabh Sharma, the collision between the first two trains occurred around 7 pm. Then another passenger train passing at high speed hit several of the overturned cars. Three teams from the National Disaster Response Force, four units from the Odisha Rapid Action Disaster Force, more than 15 teams of firefighters, 30 doctors, 200 police and 60 ambulances were deployed to the site, the secretary general said. from Odisha, Pradeep Kumar. Rescue operations will continue through the night despite the darkness, he added. Train accidents are frequent in India. According to the latest report by the National Crime Registry Office (NCRB) of India, 13,018 accidents were recorded in 2020, in which 11,986 people died and 11,127 were injured, with collisions responsible for 70% of the victims.
*With information from international agencies
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