Rescue teams and onlookers gather next to wreckage at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 3, 2023. At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said on June 3, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)
NEW DELHI, June 3 (AP): The latest deadly train crash in India happened Friday, when two passenger trains derailed - killing more than 280 people, injuring more than 900 and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars, officials said.
More than 12 million people ride 14,000 trains across India daily, traveling on 64,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) of track. Despite government efforts to improve rail safety, several hundred accidents happen annually on India’s railways. Most are blamed on human error or outdated signaling equipment.
