DOZENS FEARED DEAD IN INDIA AFTER PASSENGER, FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The death toll rose steadily throughout the night. As dawn approached, the top bureaucrat in the eastern state of Odisha announced that at least 207 were dead.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath, television images showed rescuers climbing atop the wreckage to break open doors and windows and using cutting torches to free survivors.<\/p>\n
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Officials said 1,200 rescuers worked with 115 ambulances, 50 buses and 45 mobile health units through the night at the accident site.<\/p>\n
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Another survivor who did not give his name said he was sleeping when the impact woke him up. He said he saw other passengers with broken limbs and disfigured faces.<\/p>\n
The Press Trust said the derailed Coromandel Express was traveling from Howrah in West Bengal state to Chennai, the capital of southern Tamil Nadu state.<\/p>\n
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his thoughts were with the bereaved families.<\/p>\n
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In August 1995, two trains collided near New Delhi, killing 358 people in the worst train accident in India\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
In 2016, a passenger train slid off the tracks between the cities of Indore and Patna, killing 146 people.<\/p>\n
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Most train accidents are blamed on human error or outdated signaling equipment.<\/p>\n
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