it s now on the government, whose flagship programme has been more high speed trains, to deliver answers. archana shukla, bbc news, balasore orisha. so as we ve heard a lot of question remain about exactly how the india train accident happened. the bbc verify team have been analysing what we know so far. jake horton from the team is in the newsroom with more. we at bbc verify have been looking at the circumstances surrounding the deadly rail crash in india. we ve been looking at exactly how and why it happened on friday evening. the image behind me here shows the aftermath in odisha. and aerial footage taken today shows a sheer scale of destruction. three trains were involved, and you can see several passenger carriages derailed and debris strewn across the tracks. this close up image shows the front of the coromandel express. this is the train which first collided. it hit a stationary freight train. and authorities have said today this freight train was full of iron ore, which meant i
you. monica miller there in singapore, thank you both very much. turning now to india, where rescue efforts have now ended after the county s worst rail crash this century. 288 people are now known to have died and more than a thousand have been injured. the incident took place in the eastern state of odisha, and it s thought some 2,000 passengers were on board the two passenger trains involved. our south asia correspondent has visited a hospital where some of the victims are being sent. every 30 minutes, an ambulance like this comes into this hospital here in cuttack, which is the state s biggest hospital, ferrying in critically injured passengers from the accident site. this is still three hours drive from the accident site where last night three trains, two passenger trains and a goods train were involved in a crash that led to more than 1,000 passengers being injured and many hundreds and dozens dying.
hello, i m lukwesa burak. two separate investigations have been launched into the circumstances that led to the devastating train crash in the eastern indian state of odisha. rescue efforts have now ended after the county s worst rail crash this century. 288 people are now known to have died and more than 1,000 have been injured. it s thought around 2,000 passengers were on board the two passenger trains involved in the crash in 0disha. joe inwood has the latest. it is india s worst rail disaster in decades. around 2000 people were packed into the commuter trains when they collided. hundreds are known to have died with many more