South-eastern Railway spokesperson Aditya Chowdhury said 288 people were killed in the 3-train collision; 1,100 are being treated in hospitals.
Rescue personnel work at the site of the derailed trains in Odisha on Saturday, 3 June, 2023. (Supplied)
In one of the worst railway disasters in India, at least 288 people were confirmed killed as of 12 pm on Saturday, 3 June, and more than 1,100 injured when three trains collided one after another in a horrific sequence in Odisha’s Balasore district, setting off a massive rescue and evacuation process, officials said on Saturday, PTI and agencies reported.
“The number of casualties in Friday’s railway accident has increased to 261. Another 650 injured passengers are being treated at various hospitals in Odisha,” South-eastern Railway spokesperson Aditya Chowdhury said, according to PTI.
The train crash happened near the Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district, about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar, around 7 pm on Friday, prompting the Railway Ministry to order a probe.
Several coaches of the 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, on the way to Howrah, derailed and fell on adjacent tracks, an official said. “These derailed coaches collided with the 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and its coaches capsized too,” he told PTI.
A goods train was also involved in the accident as some of the coaches of the Coromandel Express, which was heading to Chennai, hit its wagons after getting derailed, he added.
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