Smashed carriages, lines of corpses paint picture of deadly train disaster in India

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Some belongings of passengers lay scattered amid the wreckage, including a suitcase and a child’s shoe. Read more at straitstimes.com.

India – Carriages perched on top of each other and lines of bodies collected by rescue workers: As dawn broke on Saturday, it revealed the horror of

At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 others injured in the crash on Friday night near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, officials said, with many fearing that the death toll could rise. Rescue teams dressed in orange overalls and wearing face masks, including officers from India’s National Disaster Response Force, carried those they could extract to receive aid.

Odisha Fire Services director-general Sudhanshu Sarangi, speaking at the site to AFP, warned of “serious injuries”.

 

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