At least 288 people are now known to have been killed and 900 injured in a multiple train collision in India's eastern Odisha state, officials say, APA reports.
More than 200 ambulances were sent to the scene in Balasore district, says Odisha's chief secretary Pradeep Jena.
One passenger train is thought to have derailed before being struck by another on the adjacent track late on Friday.
It is India's worst train crash this century. Officials say the death toll is expected to rise further.
Indian Railways said the two services involved were the Coromandel Express and the Howrah Superfast Express.
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More than 120 people died and hundreds were injured after three trains collided in India on Friday evening, according to a local official, in what has been described as a “violent” crash, APA reports.
Two passenger trains and a goods train collided in an accident in the city of Balasore in Odisha state, according to a video statement by state chief secretary Pradeep Jena.
From the scene of the rescue operation, the Director General of the state’s fire services told Indian news agency ANI that more than “more than 120 dead bodies” had been recovered, and that he believed the death toll “might go up.”
Over 850 injured people have been taken to different hospitals, Sudhanshu Sarangi said, adding that the evacuation of the wounded had completed and they were for more dead bodies.
“The state government has provided all the resources that were needed and we have completed the evacuation of the injured,” Sarangi said, “now it’s a question of locating some more dead bodies which might trapped under these compartments.”
Friday’s rescue effort included more than 115 ambulances and several fire service units, say authorities, who have yet to look at the cause of the multi-train accident as their main priority is rescue operations, Jena told CNN affiliate News18.
“We are only working (at) sending additional doctors, ambulances, buses, so all those things we are doing so we have not thought of asking what happened, how it happened,” he said.
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At least 70 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a multiple train collision in India's eastern Odisha state, local officials say, APA reports.
Dozens of ambulances were sent to the scene in Balasore district, the state's chief secretary, Pradeep Jena, said.
One passenger train is thought to have derailed before being struck by another on the adjacent track late on Friday.
Indian Railways said the two services involved were the Coromandel Express and the Howrah Superfast Express.
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At leas 30 people have been killed at least 100 people are feared to have been injured after a train derailed in India after colliding with a goods train in Odisha's Balasore. The accident reportedly occurred near Bahanaga station in Balasore on Friday evening, APA reports citing express.co.uk.
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Ten people have been killed at least 100 people are feared to have been injured after a train derailed in India after colliding with a goods train in Odisha's Balasore. The accident reportedly occurred near Bahanaga station in Balasore on Friday evening, APA reports citing express.co.uk.
Following the incident, rescue operations have been launched and the injured are being moved to Balasore hospital.
The Special Relief Commissioner's (SRF) office in Odisha said in a statement: "Teams have left for the spot for search and rescue operation.
"Collector Balasore has also been directed to reach the spot to make all necessary arrangements and intimate the SRC if any additional help is required from the state level."
According to reports, several teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are on their way to the scene to carry out further rescue operations.
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