Death toll from three-train crash in India's Odisha state reaches 207, with around 900 injured and many feared trapped in smashed train compartments, officials and local media say
More than 900 people are injured and many are still feared trapped in "heavy accident" involving two passenger trains and freight train in Odisha state, officials and local media say.With rescuers at the crash site pulling the wounded out of the wreckage, fears mounted that the toll could still rise higher. / Photo: Reuters
The state's chief secretary Pradeep Jena earlier confirmed that"about 850 injured people have been sent to hospitals", with rescue work ongoing. That toll has reached beyond 900, local media said. With rescuers at the crash site pulling the wounded out of the wreckage, fears mounted that the toll could still rise higher.
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