‘HOUR OF GRIEF’

More Than 200 Killed in Horrific Train Crash in India

Nearly 1,000 people were injured.

A devastating train collision in eastern India killed more than 230 people and injured at least 900 Friday evening, according to local media and officials. Reuters reported that the crash occurred in the Balasore district in Odisha between two passenger trains, however CNN reported that three trains were involved—the two passenger trains, plus a goods train. The Howrah Superfast Express derailed and smashed into The Coromandel Express, railway authorities said in a statement, according to Reuters. Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena tweeted that more than 200 ambulances were dispatched to the scene, and he estimated the death toll to be rising. “Distressed by the train accident in Odisha,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter. “In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon.”