India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation's worst rail disasters

by AFIQ MAQBOOL, ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI | Associated Press

Sat, June 3rd 2023, 10:39 PM UTC

Rescuers work at the site of a passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds as rail cars were flipped over and mangled in one of the countryâs deadliest train crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Rescuers carry the body of a victim of a passenger train that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds as rail cars were flipped over and mangled in one of the countryâs deadliest train crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A chopper flies over the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds as rail cars were flipped over and mangled in one of the countryâs deadliest train crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Rescuers work at the site of a passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds as rail cars were flipped over and mangled in one of the countryâs deadliest train crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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