Train Crash In India Left No Less Than 300 Dead

New Delhi, India - After two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, at least 305 persons were killed and around 900 were injured.

With many of the injured in critical condition, emergency services fear the death toll could rise, BBC said.

The Coromandel Express, which departed from Kolkata in West Bengal to Chennai in Tamil Nadu, was traveling at roughly 130 km/h when it collided with a stopped goods train and derailed at around 7 p.m. on Friday.

The goods train allegedly struck two Howrah Superfast Express train carriages that were moving in opposition to it, causing a deadly tragedy, according to South Eastern Railway.

After more than 12 hours of rescue work, the government said early Saturday: "We are trying to find any bodies that may still be trapped under the protective wall that collapsed." The operation is still a few hours away.

"Transporting those who are alive to hospitals is our primary objective as treating the living is the main priority of the authorities," the prime minister of Odisha remarked.

Authorities said hundreds of medical personnel, as well as the 80 who were already on the scene, had been sent to the accident site in the Balasore region of Odisha, along with dozens of ambulances.

A total of 850 people were sent to the hospital.

The tragedy is believed to be the country's deadliest rail disaster in over 20 years.

The Railways stated that an inquiry into the event had begun.

Hundreds of young people lined up outside the government hospital in Odisha's Soro district Friday to donate blood.

The country declared Saturday as a day of national mourning in honor of the deceased.

Additionally, the state govt ordered an emergency at Civil Hospitals so that the injured might receive care.

The local police officer added that the names of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.

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