India train crash: at least 288 killed and 803 injured in Odisha state
Rescue operation under way with death toll expected to rise in India’s worst rail disaster in more than 20 years
At least 288 people have been killed and 803 injured after two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha – the country’s deadliest rail disaster in more than 20 years.
The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata in West Bengal to Chennai in Tamil Nadu, was going about 80mph (130km/h) when it collided with a stationary freight train at about 7pm on Friday, causing it to derail.