India’s Train Crash: What We Know

NYT WORLD: India’s Train Crash: What We Know
By Alex Travelli, Victoria Kim, Erin Mendell and Isabella Kwai
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: June 3, 2023 at 03:00AM

Three trains were involved in the fatal crash in Odisha State. It was the deadliest such disaster in decades in a country where train travel has grown far safer in recent years.

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India train crash: More than 260 dead after Odisha collision - BBC News , At least 261 people have been killed and 1,000 injured in a crash involving three trains in India's eastern Odisha state, officials have said.  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 rescue operation was launched, with hundreds of emergency services searching the wreckage.  It is India's worst train crash this century and the cause is not yet clear.