The number of people killed in a train accident in India has increased to 288 people.
288 people have been killed and at least 900 injured due to the accident of three passenger and cargo trains in eastern India.
French news agency, quoting Indian officials, announced that the death toll from the three train accident in India had risen to 288.
Indian authorities announced the number of injured in this accident at least 900 people. This statistic is while there are many concerns about the increase in the number of dead and injured due to the severity of the accident.
According to reports, a passenger train in the Indian state of Odisha (Balasur Division) collided with another passenger train after derailment, and this train subsequently collided with a freight train.
This incident happened around 19:30 local time on Friday evening and all the hospitals of Balasore district have been put on alert.
“Narendra Modi”, the Prime Minister of India, expressing his sadness over the occurrence of this accident and expressing his sympathy to the families of the dead and injured, said that rescue and relief operations are underway at the scene of the accident.
According to statistics, daily more than 12 million people in India travel with 14 thousand trains on railway lines for a distance of 40 thousand miles (about 65 thousand kilometers).
