At least 50 dead, 300 injured in train collision in eastern India

New Delhi, June 2 (BNA): At least 50 people were killed and 300 hospitalized in India after a passenger train derailed and collided with a goods train in Balasore district of Odisha on Friday, according to media reports.


Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet on Friday that rescue operations are underway at the site and providing “all possible assistance” to those affected.


The chief secretary of West Bengal told reporters that the collision was a “serious accident”. South Eastern Railway officials, who asked not to be named, said they feared heavy losses, without disclosing the death toll.


Reports said the Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, derailed and fell onto the opposite track, with many people still trapped.


“I can’t comment on the details now and the casualty figures. I was in Delhi and rushing to the accident site,” Archana Joshi, general manager of Southeastern Railways, told Reuters.


Joshi said a large number of injured people are being taken to hospitals. “Rail rescue teams from Kharagpur and other nearby stations have already reached the site. Relief and rescue operations are underway.”


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