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The Odisha government on Sunday placed the death toll from the accident at 275.
Three trains collided due to 'flawed signalling' in Odisha's Balasore on Friday around 7 pm killing at least 275 persons. Opposition parties are demanding Rail Minister's resignation
Three trains collided due to 'flawed signalling' in Odisha's Balasore on Friday around 7 pm killing at least 300 persons as per reports. Opposition parties are demanding Rail Minister's resignation
Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train crashed around 7 PM on Friday near Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore killing at least 288 persons
At least 288 died and over 1,100 were injured in the triple train collision at Balasore in Odisha Friday night.
The prime minister was accompanied by union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Dharmednra Pradhan in Odisha's Balasore where a triple train crash led to at least 261 deaths.
Doctors from AIIMS-Bhubaneswar have been dispatched to Balasore and Cuttack in Odisha to assist in the relief operations at the train accident site.
Almost 13 coaches of Coromandel Express including general, sleeper, AC 3 tier and AC 2 tier are completely damaged.
The Railways is in the process of installing 'Kavach', an anti-train collision system, across its network.
Nearly 288 people were killed and over 900 injured in the crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train on Friday.
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