Over 280 dead in India train crash, the nation’s worst rail disaster in decades

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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 and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday.

Chaotic scenes erupted after the derailment on Friday night about 220 kilometers (137 miles) southwest of Kolkata, as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches.

The death toll rose steadily throughout the night. Scores of bodies, covered by white sheets, lay on the ground near the tracks while locals and rescuers raced to free the hundreds of people trapped in the rail cars under the twisted metal and broken glass. Army soldiers and air force helicopters joined the effort.

KTLA’s John Fenoglio reports on June 3, 2023.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/hundreds-dead-in-india-train-crash-the-nations-worst-rail-disaster-in-decades/

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21 Comments

  1. Some politician in india using india's money to fund ISIS and AL QUEDA to tear india into pieces..and when accused they say " We are helping minorities from this money". STRANGE!

  2. 😂 At end he said it was built 150years old which is Narrow guage but truth is narrow gauge was removed way 50years ago.🤣 and it's our own self reliance made railway tracks of Broad guage.🤣 Stop spitting venom 1st world 3rd class citizens. Indian railways serves more than whole west population in a day.🤣

  3. I live In odisha but i live where the crash didn't happened

    First thing is that 1:11 it's not Bas-Lore it's Baleswar

    You didn't Explain it properly
    I will try to explain it in this comment –

    So Simply

    There are 3 tracks let's pretend these lines are the tracks

    ———————————————–
    ————————–/——————-
    ——————————

    The third one is basically a loop line in which a Goods train was standing

    ———————————————–
    ————————–/——————-
    –🚎🚎🚎————

    On the second line comes the first train

    ———————————————–
    ————————–/—🚅🚃🚃
    –🚎🚎🚎————

    It was given signal that
    "/" this track is actually opened like this "–" But due to some fault in the track it was like this
    "/"

    So something like this happend

    ———————————————–
    —————————-/🚃🚃🚃
    –🚎🚎🚎—-🚅🚃🚃

    Train driver: Wait What?

    Boom the crash happend at the same time on the third line another train came

    🚋🚋🚆——🚃—🚃🚃—-
    —————————-/🚃——-
    –🚎🚎🚄 🚃 🚃
    🚎 🚃🚃
    🚃

    So the second train colided with some of the boggies of the first train
    🚋🚋
    🚋🚋 🚋
    🚋🚋🚆🚃🚃🚃————-
    —————————-/🚃——-
    –🚎🚎🚄 🚃 🚃
    🚎 🚃🚃
    🚃

    The accident was so dangerous That
    Two General boggies flew and crashed 200 ft away from the main crash

    Odisha's people are very kind as soon as they saw the crash they rushed to it brought the survivors food and water they evacuated them out of the train sended them to the hospital the police arrived after 3 hrs and rescue team a day later

    The tragedy didn't stop there as after treated from the hospital they were sended to thiers homes in bus and even the bus crashed but luckily some survived

    This is one of the deadliast crash in the world

  4. As a person who not only lives in the same state, but also lives in a city really close to where this incident happened, this situation was terrifying. I dont know how to express my feelings but condolences to the families fo these victims.

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