At least 50 dead and 350 injured after two trains collide in eastern India
Images from the scene showed rescuers climbing up the mangled wreck of one of the trains to find survivors.
An eyewitness to the incident said: “I was there at the site and I can see blood, broken limbs and people dying around me.”India’s Home Minister Amit Shah said the incident was “deeply agonising”.the toll for dead and injured “may go up” and there is not yet any clarity on this. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said rescue operations were underway at the site and “all possible assistance” is being given to those affected.
Rescue teams have been mobilised from Odisha’s Bhubaneswar and Kolkata in West Bengal, according to the country’s federal Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw. The National Disaster Response Force, state government teams and the air force had also mobilised to respond to the incident.
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