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Statistics: India's death train crashes

The cause of India's worst train crash in over 20 years is not yet clear.

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by ROSA MUMANYI

News05 June 2023 - 15:56
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  • One passenger train derailed on to the adjacent track and was struck by an incoming train on Friday, also hitting a nearby stationary freight train.

At least 261 people have been killed and 1,000 are injured in a crash involving three trains in India's eastern Odisha state.

One passenger train derailed on to the adjacent track and was struck by an incoming train on Friday, also hitting a nearby stationary freight train.

A massive recovery operation is underway, after hundreds of emergency workers searched the wreckage.

The cause of India's worst train crash in over 20 years is not yet clear.

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