At least 50 people were killed and 300 hospitalised in India after a passenger train derailed and collided with a goods train in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday (Jun 2), according to media reports. Rescue operations were underway at the site and 'all possible assistance' is being given to those affect
At least 50 people were killed and 300 hospitalised in India after a passenger train derailed and collided with a goods train in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday , according to media reports.
Rescue operations were underway at the site and"all possible assistance" is being given to those affected, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet on Friday.South Eastern Railway officials, who did not want to be named, said that they feared heavy casualties, without disclosing the number of deaths.
The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, derailed and fell on the opposite track, with many people still trapped, the reports said. "I can't comment on the details right now and casualty figures. I was in Delhi and rushing to the accident site," South Eastern Railway general manager Archana Joshi told Reuters."Railway rescue teams from Kharagpur and other nearby stations have already reached the site. Relief and rescue are underway," he said.
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