At least 200 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a train accident in India, as the death toll continues to rise, officials said.
At least 200 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a train accident in India, as the death toll continues to rise, officials said.
The crash occurred Friday night in Odisha, a state in eastern India, and involved three trains, according to Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena. Several cars of a passenger train derailed in the incident, he said.
“Death toll in the train accident increasing,” Jena said on social media, saying Sunday that the official death toll is 275 people.
Approximately 900 people were injured in the accident, per reporting from the Special Relief Organization, which deals with disaster management in the state.
