Odisha Train Accident: PM Modi arrives in Balasore, Rescue operation over

At least 280 people were killed and around 900 were injured in a horrific three-train collision in Odisha’s Balasore, officials said Saturday, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Odisha Train Accident: PM arrives in Balasore, Rescue operation over.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the train accident site and meet with injured people at hospitals in Cuttack, his office tweeted. The crash involved the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train.

The accident saw one train ram so hard into another that carriages were lifted high into the air, twisting and then smashing off the tracks. Another carriage had been tossed entirely onto its roof, crushing the passenger section.

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The horrific accident happened when the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, headed towards Chennai, derailed. It collided with a goods train on the adjacent track, causing the rear carriage of the Coromandel Express to veer off onto the third track.

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The Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, coming from the opposite direction on the third track, rammed into the derailed coaches. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge extended condolences over the Balasore trains accident. He said he has asked the party leadership to extend all help. He said, “A number of Congress leaders from different states have either reached or will soon be reaching Balasore.”