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| At least 50 people killed and hundreds injured in train crash in eastern India | At least 50 people killed and hundreds injured in train crash in eastern India |
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| Coromandel Express passenger service derails and collides with Howrah Superfast Express in Odisha state | Coromandel Express passenger service derails and collides with Howrah Superfast Express in Odisha state |
| At least 50 people have been killed and 350 injured after two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. | At least 50 people have been killed and 350 injured after two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. |
| The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, collided with another passenger train, the Howrah Superfast Express, railway officials said. | The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, collided with another passenger train, the Howrah Superfast Express, railway officials said. |
| The Howrah Superfast Express derailed and became entangled with the Coromandel Express, South Eastern Railway authorities said in a statement. Media reports had earlier said the crash was between the Coromandel Express and a goods train. | The Howrah Superfast Express derailed and became entangled with the Coromandel Express, South Eastern Railway authorities said in a statement. Media reports had earlier said the crash was between the Coromandel Express and a goods train. |
| There was no official confirmation on the number of dead in the disaster, which took place in Balasore district. Media reports said at least 50 people had died. | |
| So far more than 350 injured passengers had been admitted to various hospitals, Odisha’s chief secretary Pradeep Jena told reporters. | So far more than 350 injured passengers had been admitted to various hospitals, Odisha’s chief secretary Pradeep Jena told reporters. |
| Images from the scene showed rescuers climbing up the mangled wreck of one of the trains to find survivors. | Images from the scene showed rescuers climbing up the mangled wreck of one of the trains to find survivors. |
| The Odisha chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, said authorities’ priority was “removing the living to the hospitals, that’s our first concern, to look after the living”. | |
| Rescue operations were underway at the site and “all possible assistance” is being given to those affected, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, said in a tweet. Rescue teams have been mobilised from Odisha’s Bhubaneswar and Kolkata in West Bengal, the federal minister for railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, added. | |
| The National Disaster Response Force, state government teams and the air force had also mobilised to respond to the incident, he said. | |
| Despite government efforts to improve safety, several hundred accidents occur every year on India’s railways, which with 40,000 miles (64,000km) of track is the world’s largest network under one management. | Despite government efforts to improve safety, several hundred accidents occur every year on India’s railways, which with 40,000 miles (64,000km) of track is the world’s largest network under one management. |
| Two trains collided near Delhi in August 1995, killing 358 people in the worst train accident in India’s history. | Two trains collided near Delhi in August 1995, killing 358 people in the worst train accident in India’s history. |
| Most train accidents are blamed on human error or outdated signalling equipment. More than 12 million people travel on 14,000 trains a day across India. | |