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At least 288 people have been killed in a train derailment crash in northeast India.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the worst accident was caused by an error in the entry signal and the train entering another track.
This is reporter Nam Sang-ho.
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The bottom of the car is exposed and people are climbing on top of the fallen carriages, and the other train right next to it is unrecognizable as if the front part is crumpled.
A train derailment collision occurred near Bazar Station in Odisha, India at around 7:20 pm on the 2nd local time.
The death toll has risen to at least 288, and more than 900 have been injured.
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″Work on the last carriage has begun and so far the death toll confirmed by the railway authority and local police is about 288.″
Preliminary investigations revealed that the accident began when a passenger train entered a freight track rather than the main track and collided with a freight train, as the rail signals were not properly displayed.
Later, this passenger train derailed and went over to a nearby track, and another train traveling on this track from the opposite side collided with the derailed carriage.
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″The people on the train got tangled up in the crash and threw me over me, leaving me on the bottom floor.″
The Indian government is conducting a rescue operation by mobilizing 1,200 rescuers and military personnel, and it is found that there are no Koreans among the casualties.
President Seok-Yeol Yoon and other world leaders sent messages of consolation and condolences to the accident.
In India, 12 million people use 14,000 trains every day, and accidents often occur due to outdated signaling equipment and poor safety management of old vehicles.
This is Nam Sang-ho from MBC News.
2023-06-03 22:06:47
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