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Coromandel Express goes off the rails following a head-on collision with a goods train in Odisha state’s Balasore district.
Many people are feared dead in eastern India after a passenger train derailed following a head-on collision with a goods train, according to media reports and officials.
Some 179 people were hospitalised after Friday’s accident in Odisha state’s Balasore district, according to Pradeep Jena, Odisha’s top civil servant.
“Nearly 50 ambulances have reported but the injured appear far too many. Large no of buses being mobilised to shift injured to hospital,” Jena wrote on Twitter.
Nearly 50 ambulances have reported but the injured appear far too many. Large no of buses being mobilised to shift injured to hospital @CMO_Odisha @IPR_Odisha
— Pradeep Jena IAS (@PradeepJenaIAS) June 2, 2023
The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata in the east to Chennai in southern India, fell on the the opposite track, local reports said.
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