Nearly 300 injured in train derailment in India

At least 300 people were injured this Friday when two passenger trains collided, which in turn overturned a dozen carriages on the opposite track and was hit by a freight train in the eastern state of Odisha from India.

The accident occurred around 19:20 local time (1350 GMT) near the station in the city of Bahanaga, and so far 300 people have been taken to nearby hospitals with injuries, the secretary general said. , from Odisha, Pradeep Kumar, to Indian television NDTV.

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The footage of the accident shows how several cars turned over on the rails, in which several people are trying to rescue passengers stuck inside.

The authorities have not yet reported on the dead, although they do not exclude the presence of victims.

According to Indian Railways spokesman Amitabh Sharma, the collision of two passenger trains occurred around 7:00 pm, after which the freight train collided with several overturned carriages.

According to Kumar, rescue teams have already begun to arrive in the area of the accident, where about fifty ambulances and several buses have already been deployed to assist in transporting the victims.

According to the report, one of the passenger trains traveled between the cities of Shalimar in Kolkata and Chennai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, while the other traveled from Yeswantpur in Bangalore to Howrah in Kolkata. RZD on Twitter.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his regret over the accident and announced that he was contacting Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnow to review the situation.

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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