India train crash: hurtling into loop of disaster


FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows derailed coaches after trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India, June 3, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An investigation into India's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades is underway, with preliminary findings pointing at a signal failure as the likely cause of the collision that led to the death of 275 people.

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