Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people, officials said Saturday.
"By 10 p.m. we were able to rescue the survivors. After that it was about picking up dead bodies," Sudhanshu Sarangi, director of Odisha state's fire and emergency department, told The Associated Press."This is very, very tragic. I have never seen anything like this in my career."
About 200 of the severely injured people were transferred to specialty hospitals in other cities in Odisha, said P.K. Jena, the state's top administrative official. Another 200 were discharged after receiving medical care and the rest were being treated in local hospitals, he added. Scores of people also showed up to donate blood.
The rescue operation was slowed because two train cars were pressed together by the impact of the accident, Jena said. Passenger Vandana Kaleda said that people were falling on each other as her coach shook violently and veered off the tracks.
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