Smashed train compartments were torn open in the impact late yesterday, leaving blood-stained holes in their sides. theSun theSundaily India train crash WorldNews
At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said on June 3, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years//AFPix: At least 288 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision in India, officials said today, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years.
Survivor Arjun Das told a Bengali television channel he heard a thundering sound, then saw people falling from upper berths.“There were injured lying everywhere inside coaches and along the tracks. I want to forget the scenes.” Researcher Anubhav Das was in the last carriage of the second train when he heard “screeching, horrifying sounds coming from a distance”.“I saw bloodied scenes, mangled bodies and one man with a severed arm being desperately helped by his injured son,” the 27-year-old told AFP.Rescue workers searched for survivors trapped in the mangled wreckage, with scores of bodies laid out under white sheets beside the tracks.
“The rescue work is still ongoing here as there are some bodies under the bogies and teams are trying to lift them to get them out.”India has one of the world’s largest rail networks and has seen several disasters over the years, the worst of them in 1981 when a train derailed while crossing a bridge in Bihar and plunged into the river below, killing between 800 and 1,000 people.
Rescue teams including from the National Disaster Response Force and air force were deployed, while the railways ministry announced an investigation.
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