Rescuers end a search for survivors from a train crash that killed almost 300 people and injured hundreds more in one of the worst rail disasters in India's history, officials say.
At least 288 people died on Friday and 747 were injured when two passenger trains derailed, trapping people under mangled coaches and flipped rail cars, Indian Railways said Saturday afternoon.
"A crane has arrived, we will pull up [train cars] one by one but we don't expect any survivors under them. We are disheartened, we had never seen so many bodies in our life," he said. "It’s a serious incident for the government, and instructions have been issued for a probe from every angle," he continued. "Those found guilty will be punished stringently."
“The restoration work has started from one end, the most important thing right now is to clear the area and stay away from the machines deployed in the restoration process,” he said.There were about 1,257 reserved passengers on the Coromandal Express, of which between 10 and 12 cars derailed and 1,039 reserved passengers on the Yashwantpur Express, which crashed into debris from the Coromandal Express and also derailed around 6.55 p.m. on Friday, a government spokesperson told the ANI.
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