Death toll rises after crash, June 3, 2023

In recent hours, the number of dead and injured has risen thereafter a collision of three trains in eastern India. Local authorities are “fully focused” on search and rescue efforts, as they have accounted for so far at least 238 killed and 900 injuredwhile they have launched an investigation to clarify the causes of what happened.

“We are fully focused on the rescue, on providing the best possible treatment to the injured and on informing the families,” he explained from the scene of the accident. Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister of Railways of Odisha State. The event took place yesterday, Friday, around 7:20 pm local time (1:50 pm GMT), near the station in the city Bahanagain the district of balasoorfrom the eastern state of odisha.

Show pictures of the accident fifteen wagons overturned on the railswith rescue teams trying to cut open the wagons so they can help those still trapped.

The Indian railway authorities have their last balance The death toll in the accident has risen to 238, while 650 injured people have been taken to nearby hospitals. In addition, the total number of injured is at least 900 personsas explained by the general secretary of Odisha, Pradeep Jenawho also warned against this the number of fatalities can rise.

“One wagon was badly damaged when it was hit by another wagon, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Odisha Disaster Management Force are still working to make the wagon April and try to recover the trapped people,” Jena said. .

According to the Director General of Odisha Fire Services, Sudhanshu SarangiThe accident involved two passenger trains and a freight train.

Although the authorities have not yet clarified the causes of what happened, the accident happened when a first passenger train was traveling the route between the cities of Shalimar (in Kolkata) and Chennai (in the southern state of Tamil Nadu) derailed, after which a second train departed jawantpur (in Bangalore) to Hurrah (in Calcutta) collided with it.

A third freight train was also involved in what is already there the worst train accident of the past decade in the Asian country, leading to the cancellation of a dozen trains and the diversion of several others.

train accidents Are frequent in India. In 2020, there were 13,018 accidents, killing 11,986 people and injuring a further 11,127, with collisions being the cause of 70% of accidents.

With a length of 68,000 kilometers, India’s rail network is the fourth in the world after the United States, Russia and China, has some 21,650 trains and 7,349 stations across the country and carries some 23 million passengers.