Indian train crash death toll rises to 288
BALASORE, India: At least 288 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision, India’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years, officials said on Saturday.
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BALASORE, India: At least 288 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision, India’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years, officials said on Saturday.
Army columns were rushed in and Air Force helicopters deployed for relief and rescue operations for passengers injured in the triple train crash site at Bahana Nagar in Odisha, a Defence official said on Saturday.
Drone footage shows the scene where a fatal Train accident site left 288 people dead and 900 injured. Huge cranes and bulldozers have been brought in to raise a coach which has been buried by the impact of another wagon falling on as rescue workers wield gas torches and electric cutters to pull out survivors and the dead from the mangled steel of three trains that derailed...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Odisha following the horrific train accident in which nearly 300 people died.
In response to the tragic train derailment involving the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and Bengaluru-Howrah superfast train, Indian Railways and the state governments of Odisha, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu have taken swift action to assist concerned relatives and friends.