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| Dozens reported dead after India train crash | |
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| People try to escape from toppled compartments following the crash | |
| Between 30 and 50 people are reported dead and more than 100 injured by local media, after two trains collided in India's eastern Odisha state. | |
| Nearly 50 ambulances have been sent to the scene in the Balasore district, says the state's chief secretary. | |
| A number of carriages were derailed in Friday evening's collision. | |
| Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to say he was distressed by the incident and his thoughts were with the bereaved families. | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to say he was distressed by the incident and his thoughts were with the bereaved families. |
| "Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap and all possible assistance is being given to those affected," he tweeted. | "Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap and all possible assistance is being given to those affected," he tweeted. |
| One of the trains involved in the collision was the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, officials say. | |
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