Carriages perched on top of each other and lines of bodies collected by rescue workers: as dawn broke on Saturday, it revealed the horror of one of India's deadliest railway crashes.
Rescue workers gather around damaged carriages during search for survivors at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 3, 2023. – At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said on June 3, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years.
At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in the crash on Friday night near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, officials said, with many fearing the death toll could rise. Rescue teams dressed in orange overalls and wearing face masks, including officers from India’s National Disaster Response Force, carried those they could extract to get aid.
The near-constant sound of ambulance sirens wailed in the background, rushing those pulled out of the wreckage alive to hospital.From a distance, residents stood watching the efforts.
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