Over 200 killed after 2 trains derail, collide in eastern India
The death toll is expected to increase, state Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said in a tweet.
Images from the scene showed rescuers climbing up the mangled wreck of one of the trains to find survivors. Videos shared on social media showed the arrival of several ambulances and people being pulled out of the upturned train coaches. Rescue teams have been mobilized from Odisha’s Bhubaneswar and Kolkata in West Bengal, federal Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a tweet late on Friday.Three National Disaster Response Force teams are at the site of the accident, and six more teams are being mobilized, the country’s National Disaster Response Force said.
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