India train crash: at least 261 killed and 900 injured in Odisha state
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#6C19A)
Rescue operation under way with death toll expected to rise in India's worst rail disaster in more than 20 years
At least 261 people have been killed and about 900 injured after two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha - the country's deadliest rail disaster in more than 20 years.
The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata in West Bengal to Chennai in Tamil Nadu, was going about 80mph (130km/h) when it collided with a stationary freight train at about 7pm on Friday, causing it to derail.
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