In a devastating train collision involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train, over 230 individuals lost their lives while around 900 others sustained injuries, officials reported on Saturday.
In a devastating turn of events, a major accident has struck, leaving a profound impact on the nation. Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday morning visited the accident site where 10-12 coaches of the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express derailed and fell on an adjacent track in the path of another train from Yeswanthpur to Howrah near Balasore in Odisha late last night.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has cut short his visit to Kolkata in West Bengal and left for Balasore in Odisha following a horrific triple train crash there, which killed at least 233 people and injured 900 others. He is expected to reach the spot in a few hours.
The train collision in Balasore last night, which resulted in the loss of over 230 lives and left approximately 900 injured, occurred on a stretch of railway tracks where the preventive safety system developed by the Indian Railways was not installed.