The accident took place in the vicinity of Balasore, about 200 kilometers from the state capital Bhubaneswar.
A collision between two trains on the India left killed 207 people and left 900 injured this Friday, 2. The information is from the Reuters Agency. The accident took place in the vicinity of 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 accident is among the largest ever recorded in the country. According to Pradeep Jena, the number is expected to increase. 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. Images shared on social media show security agents climbing over the wreckage to try to find survivors. “I was there and I can see blood, broken limbs and people dying around me,” a witness told Reuters in an interview. According to the agency, hundreds of young people lined up outside an Indian government hospital in Odisha to donate blood.
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.
*With information from international agencies
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