India Train Crash Kills Over 280, Injures 900 in One of Nation’s Worst Rail Disasters

India Train Crash Kills Over 280, Injures 900 in One of Nation’s Worst Rail Disasters
Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains accident in Balasore district, eastern Indian state of Orissa, on June 3, 2023. Arabinda Mahapatra/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BALASORE, India—Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday.

Chaotic scenes erupted on Friday night as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches.