Deadly Train Derailment in India Claims Over 50 Lives and Traps Many More
Summary by NewsWall Jun 05 23
- Officials have reported that approximately 400 people sustained injuries and were taken to hospitals after a train derailed nearly 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) northwest of New Delhi.
- Rescue teams are currently working to free about 200 people who are feared to be trapped in the wreckage.
- Up to three carriages of a second train also derailed.
- According to media reports, the derailed Coromandel Express was traveling from Howrah in the West Bengal state to Chennai, the capital of the southern Tamil Nadu state.
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