Death toll in train collision in India rises to 288 TASS With reference to Agence France Press.
Another 900 people are listed as injured, according to the agency.
Passenger and freight trains collided at 19:20 local time near the Bahanaga Bazaar station in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. A passenger train en route from Kolkata to Chennai derailed when it collided with a freight train from Bangalore to Kolkata.
Emergency services are in place. More than a hundred members of the National Disaster Relief Force participate in the rescue operation.
Before that, Odisha State Fire Chief Sudhanshu Sarangi knowledgeable More than 120 bodies were found.
Before that The Times of India published A video showing the moment when a bridge collapsed in the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 130 people.