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| India train crash: Dozens dead after Odisha incident | India train crash: Dozens dead after Odisha incident |
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| Footage showed rescuers trying to free victims from the wreckage | |
| Footage showed rescuers trying to free victims from the wreckage | |
| At least 30 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a multiple train collision in India's eastern Odisha state, local officials say. | |
| Nearly 50 ambulances were sent to the scene in the Balasore district, the state's chief secretary said. | Nearly 50 ambulances were sent to the scene in the Balasore district, the state's chief secretary said. |
| Pradeep Jena added that two passenger trains and a goods train were involved. | Pradeep Jena added that two passenger trains and a goods train were involved. |
| Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was distressed by Friday evening's incident, and his thoughts were with the bereaved families. | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was distressed by Friday evening's 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. |
| Meanwhile, Home Minister Amit Shah labelled the incident "deeply agonising". | |
| At least 30 people died, senior fire service official Sudhanshu Sarangi told local broadcaster NDTV. He said that about 400 people had been injured. | |
| The toll "may go up… at the moment there is no clarity on that", Mr Sarangi said. | |
| The way the crash unfolded remains unclear. | |
| It is believed that several carriages from the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express derailed at around 19:00 local time (13:30 GMT), with several carriages ending up on the opposite track. | |
| Another train - travelling from Yesvantpur to Howrah - is then thought to have hit the overturned carriages. | |
| Some surviving passengers were seen rushing in to help rescue those trapped in the wreckage. | |
| Rescue efforts were planned to continue into the night. | |
| Rail accidents are relatively common in India - occurring several hundreds times a year, according to the Associated Press news agency. | |
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