In Balasore, Odisha, on June 2, at around 7.30 pm, 3 trains met with an accident. Rescue operation is going on continuously for the last 12 hours.
In Odisha, the Coromandel Express (12841-Up) met with an accident near Panpana, two km from Bahanaga station under Balasore district on Friday evening. According to the information received, three trains have met with an accident in Odisha. 238 have died in this accident, while more than 600 people are injured. At present, relief and rescue work is going on.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself is coming to Odisha after the tragic accident in Balasore. According to the information received, the Prime Minister will go to the accident site. After this he will also visit Baleshwar Sadar Hospital and Cuttack SCB Medical.
The Coromandel Express collided with the Bangalore-Howrah Express. Kharagpur DRM has confirmed this. Earlier, the Coromandel Express derailed, causing a collision with the Bengaluru Howrah Express. In this accident, 12 coaches of both the trains got derailed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over this accident. Along with this, he spoke to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and took stock of the situation.
Last evening, 233 people died and more than 900 were injured in a fierce collision of three trains in Balasore, Odisha. Right now the death toll is expected to increase. The incident occurred when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and collided with a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, collided with derailed coaches. The death toll in the accident is likely to rise, and many people are believed to be trapped under the debris.
"There was an active involvement of two passenger trains in the accident, while the third train, a goods train, which was parked at the site, is also involved in the accident," Indian Railways executive director Amitabh Sharma told AFP. One of the country's deadliest train accidents occurred around 7 pm, when many passengers were asleep. The Chennai-bound Coromandel Shalimar Express reportedly derailed and collided with a goods train, after which several coaches overturned.
