Death toll from India's passenger train collision rises to 288
STORY: Death toll from India's passenger train collision rises to 288
DATELINE: June 4, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:58
LOCATION: New Delhi
CATEGORY: OTHER
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the accident site
2. various of the collided coaches
3. various of local people and police
4. various of the rescue operation by India's National Disaster Response Force
STORYLINE:
The death toll from the collision of two passenger trains in the eastern Indian state of Odisha has risen to 288, with 803 others reportedly injured on Saturday, officials said.
The accident took place on Friday evening near Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district, about 171 km northeast of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha state.
According to officials, the Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, hit the derailed bogies of a few coaches of Yashwantpur-Howrah Express which crashed and fell on the opposite track. A freight train was also said to be involved in the accident.
The collision has disrupted train movements on the affected r
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