BBC World Service – Newshour, More than 260 dead in India three-train crash

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The collision involving two passenger trains and a goods train in Odisha state has injured 1,000 people.

More than 260 people are now known to have been killed in a collision involving three trains in Odisha state. Around 1,000 people have been injured in the crash, described as one of the deadliest in decades. It happened when an express train derailed. Another passenger train collided with it, hitting a parked freight train.

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(Photo: A photo made available by India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and taken with a drone shows the site of the train accident at Odisha Balasore, India, 03 June 2023. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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