At least 207 people dead, more than 900 others injured in India train derailment – One America News Network

June 2, 2023 Geri Berry US 0

Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Friday, June 2, 2023. Two passenger trains derailed in India, killing at least 13 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged coaches, officials said. About 400 people were injured and taken to hospitals, and the cause of the accident was under investigation, officials said. (Press Trust of India via AP)

OAN’s Geraldyn Berry
4:37 PM – Friday, June 2, 2023

A horrific crash involving three trains occurred late on Friday in the Odisha state of eastern India, leaving at least 207 people dead, more than 900 others injured, and many more possibly trapped.

Horrific Train Accident in India 🇮🇳🚂

As per Indian media around 200+ people have lost their lives & 900+ are critically injured as two trains collided with each other near Bahanaga station in Balasore.

Details of the two trains are 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express &… pic.twitter.com/h5wjl6XEDO

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According to Pradeep Jena, the senior official in the state of Odisha, two passenger trains and a cargo train had collided at the city of Balasore, in the state of Odisha. The senior official said that around 500 police officers and rescuers arrived in 75 ambulances and buses to the crash site.

“We are only working (on) sending additional doctors, ambulances, buses, so all those things we are doing so we have not thought of asking what happened, how it happened,” he said.

In #India, a passenger train derailed and collided with a freight train near the city of Balasore

At least 50 people died and more than 170 were injured in this terrible accident. pic.twitter.com/S02BleyoAq

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Amitabh Sharma, a spokeswoman for the railways ministry, had said that 10 to 12 coaches of one train derailed, and pieces of the wrecked cars fell onto an adjacent track. Another passenger train approaching in the opposite way struck it. The second train also derailed, with up to three coaches involved.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “distressed by the train accident,” adding that he had spoken to railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to take “stock of the situation.”

Distressed by the train accident in Odisha. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. Spoke to Railway Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw and took stock of the situation. Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap and all…

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 2, 2023

Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Odisha, announced that he will visit the accident site early on Saturday to assess the situation, according to the department.

Odisha train accident | I have just reviewed the situation about this truly tragic railway accident. I will be visiting the spot tomorrow morning: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik pic.twitter.com/ig5fHOXsKH

— ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2023

The Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology of India has declared that the families of those died on Friday will get $12,136, with smaller sums being made available to those who were hurt in the collision.

Several hundred incidents happen annually on India’s railroads, the world’s largest train network with a single administration, despite government attempts to increase rail safety. The deadliest railway catastrophe in Indian history occurred in August 1995 when two trains crashed close to New Delhi, killing 358 people.

Human error and out-of-date signaling equipment are considered the main causes of railway accidents.

It is reported that every day, 14,000 trains carrying more than 12 million passengers traverse India’s 64,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) of track.

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