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Government authorities June 4 were working to get rail services back in operation in the district of Balasore after the deadliest train crash in India in decades killed at least 275 people and injured at least 1,000 June 2.
The deadliest train crash in India in decades killed 275 people and injured at least 1,000 June 2. The pope assured the injured he is close to them.
BALASORE, India (OSV News) -- Government authorities June 4 were working to get rail services back in operation in the district of Balasore after the deadliest train crash in India in decades killed 275 people and injured at least 1,000 June 2. At the Vatican, Pope Francis during his Sunday Angelus remembered the victims of a crash that involved three trains. 'May our heavenly Father receive the souls of the deceased into his kingdom,' he said, echoing a papal telegram sent to the apostolic nun
Talking to The Sunday Express after reaching the Howrah railway station on Saturday, Dola said the experience has left her feeling fortunate that her family was safe yet traumatised over the tragic fate of other train passengers.
NEW DELHI -- Indian authorities Saturday ended an intensive search for survivors of a three-train pileup the night before in the country's east, as the death toll rose to at least 280 people, making it one of the worst railway accidents in India's history.