Two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 200 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars.
, killing more than 200 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars, officials said.
Ten to 12 coaches of one train derailed, and debris from some of the mangled coaches fell onto a nearby track, said Amitabh Sharma, a railroad ministry spokesperson. FILE - This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on June 2, 2023 shows flipped over train carriages after a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 kilometres from Bhubaneswar, capital of eastern India's Odisha state.
Officials said 1,200 rescuers worked with 115 ambulances, 50 buses and 45 mobile health units through the night at the accident site. Passenger Vandana Kaleda said that she "found people falling on each other" as her coach shook violently and veered off the tracks. The Press Trust said the derailed Coromandel Express was traveling from Howrah in West Bengal state to Chennai, the capital of southern Tamil Nadu state."May the injured recover soon," tweeted Modi, who said he had spoken to the railway minister and that "all possible assistance" was being offered.
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