{"id":1943232,"date":"2023-06-02T19:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T23:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-207-people-dead-more-than-900-others-injured-in-india-train-derailment\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T23:48:43","slug":"at-least-207-people-dead-more-than-900-others-injured-in-india-train-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-207-people-dead-more-than-900-others-injured-in-india-train-derailment\/","title":{"rendered":"207 dead, 900+ injured in India train derailment."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-207-people-dead-more-than-900-others-injured-in-india-train-derailment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tragic Train Collision in India Leaves Over 200 Dead and 900 Injured<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rescuers work at the site of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/passenger-trains-collide-killing-56-in-pakistan\/\" title=\"Passenger trains collide, killing 56 in Pakistan\">passenger trains<\/a> that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Friday, June 2, 2023. Two passenger trains derailed in India, killing at least 13 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged coaches, officials said. About 400 people were injured and taken to hospitals, and the cause of the accident was under investigation, officials said. (Press Trust of India via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A horrific crash involving three trains occurred late on Friday in the Odisha state of eastern India, leaving at least 207 people dead, more than 900 others injured, and many more possibly trapped.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are only working (on) sending additional doctors, ambulances, buses, so all those things we are doing so we have not thought of asking what happened, how it happened,\u201d said Pradeep Jena, the senior official in the state of Odisha.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Amitabh Sharma, a spokeswoman for the railways ministry, two passenger trains and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-pacific-demands-soros-backed-l-a-d-a-george-gascon-do-more-to-stop-rail-theft\/\" title=\"Union Pacific Demands Soros-backed L.A. D.A. George Gascon Do More to Stop Rail Theft\">cargo train<\/a> had collided at the city of Balasore, in the state of Odisha. The senior official said that around 500 police officers and rescuers arrived in 75 ambulances and buses to the crash site.<\/p>\n<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was \u201cdistressed by the train accident,\u201d adding that he had spoken to railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to take \u201cstock of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology of India has declared that the families of those who died on Friday will get $12,136, with smaller sums being made available to those who were hurt in the collision.<\/p>\n<h3>India&#8217;s Rail Safety Record<\/h3>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-207-people-dead-more-than-900-others-injured-in-india-train-derailment\/\" title=\"207 dead, 900+ injured in India train derailment.\">hundred incidents happen annually<\/a> on India\u2019s railroads, the world\u2019s largest train network with a single administration, despite government attempts to increase rail safety. The deadliest railway catastrophe in Indian history occurred in August 1995 when two trains crashed close to New Delhi, killing 358 people.<\/p>\n<p>Human error and out-of-date signaling equipment are considered the main causes of railway accidents.<\/p>\n<p>It is reported that every day, 14,000 trains carrying more than 12 million passengers traverse India\u2019s 64,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) of track.<\/p>\n<h3>Stay Informed<\/h3>\n<p>Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-and-vladimir-putin-meet-in-kremlin\/\" title=\"Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meet in Kremlin\">breaking news blasts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-sues-celebrity-equinox-cruise-after-husbands-dead-body-is-stored-in-drinks-cooler\/\" title=\"Woman sues Celebrity Equinox cruise after husband\u2019s dead body is stored in drinks cooler\">receive updates directly<\/a> to your inbox for free. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 13 people were killed and 400 injured when two passenger trains derailed in the Balasore district of Orissa, India. Rescuers worked to free hundreds of people trapped inside damaged coaches. 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