Dozens were killed and more than 350 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in eastern India on Friday, trapping many people inside its derailed coaches, officials say.
NEW DELHI — Dozens of people were killed and hundreds more were injured after passenger trains derailed Friday in India, trapping many people inside damaged rail cars, officials said.
Nearly 500 police officers and rescue workers with 75 ambulances and buses responded to the accident, said Pradeep Jena, the top bureaucrat of the Odisha state. Rescuers were attempting to free 200 people feared trapped in the wreckage, said D.B. Shinde, administrator of the state’s Balasore district.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said he was rushing to the accident site, while Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to get there Saturday morning.
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