is newsday. thank you for being with us. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 5:30am in odisha in india, where the country s worst train disaster in decades happened. there s a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has been called off with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signalfailure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene. we ll hear from there shortly, but first, let s show you this report. a painful search. sifting through photos, from hospital to hospital, and now morgue to morgue. inconsolable and traumatised. 22 year old himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. and at this makeshift morgue, he is just one of the many families in the desperate search to find those missin
not sure whether they are dead or alive even. since train services on the tracks in this region were affected, many families from far off places like in behind the state of bihar or in chennai could not reach balasore in time. they re only coming in to the morning and trying to find their relatives. we are here in this hospital in balasore, just 25 minutes away from the accident site, which is where most of the injured and dead bodies were brought in yesterday morning in the initial few hours of the train accident. but now we understand from government sources and health officials that most of the dead bodies are now being transported to the bigger capital city of bhubaneshwar, which has better morgue facilities, better resources and capacity to store dead bodies till the time family members come and identify them. so while most families are coming here and it s adding to their distress, they are trying to seek information and then will have to make a four hour travel ordeal
injured. those pulled from the wreckage were taken to nearby hospitals where they spoke of the horror of the crash. translation: when the accident occurred we realised that there was a fire. when it caught fire nobody could escape stop some did manage to get out, some were able to run out of the carriage. but the train had fallen over another train. this woman had fallen over another train. this woman had to fallen over another train. this woman had to watch - fallen over another train. this woman had to watch as - fallen over another train. this woman had to watch as her only daughter died in front of her. translation: as we kept rolling my daughter got stuck and was buried under. i managed to stand in a corner but i was hit in the head by something. i thought about how to get her out from underneath but i didn t know how to move such heavy iron. my daughter kept crying and then died right in front of my eyes. front of my eyes. after visiting front of my eyes. after v
to the crash scene in odisha searching hospitals and morgues on the way. we know at least 275 people died in the accident involving three trains. these are some of the latest drone pictures from the scene, where work has been continuing to remove the wreckage. an investigation is ongoing but a signalling fault is emerging as the likely cause of the disaster india s worst rail accident for decades. our correspondent, archana shukla sent this report from the scene. inconsolable and traumatised. himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. a student himself, 22 year old himanshu even sold his phone to come find his brother. he is just one of the many families in the desperate search to find those missing. and at this makeshift morgue, every person is sifting through stacks of photos, hoping to find a familiar face. but not everyone yet has answers. ten members of mukul singh s family were on the tr