Number of deaths after 230 accidents with trains in India

He killed 230 or the number of people dead after a collision between two passenger trains in Odisha, in India, at this sixth fair (2), according to local authorities. The total number of injured has passed 900.

The Indian government treats the occurrence as the deadliest rail accident in the country in more than a decade.

The number of deaths must increase, says the Secretary-Head of State, Pradeep Jena, in a tweet.

Local images show lifeguards climbing the twisted wreckage of two trains in search of survivors.

“I was not local and I could see blood, broken limbs and people dying around the corner,” said a testimonial to the “Reuters” agency by phone.

Rescue teams have been mobilized from Bhubaneswar, in Odisha, and Calcutta, in West Bengal, reports the Federal Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw.

The collision occurred around 7:00 p.m. local time, when the Howrah Superfast Express, which was making a journey from Bangalore to Howrah, in West Bengal, derailed and collided with the Coromandel Express, which was going from Calcutta to Chennai, informed railway authorities.

Rescue operations are not local and “all possible assistance” is being given to those affected, said the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.