At least 50 individuals have died and a whole bunch of others have been injured after three trains had been concerned in a crash in jap India.

A passenger practice derailed and collided with one other passenger service which then hit a items practice in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday night. The reason for the crash is being investigated.

Rescuers had been trying to free 200 individuals feared trapped within the derailed carriages, mentioned D B Shinde, the Balasore district administrator in Odisha state.

The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, derailed after the collision and fell on the other observe.

Speaking from India, Sky reporter Neville Lazarus mentioned the crash befell at round 7.30pm native time and that every one hospitals within the Balasore district have been placed on excessive alert.

He mentioned the trains concerned within the crash run alongside necessary routes that are "one of the main artery tracks" of the jap aspect of the nation's community.

Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde, the highest administrator within the Balasore district, mentioned a minimum of 50 individuals had been lifeless.

Nearly 500 cops and rescue staff with 75 ambulances and buses responded to the accident, mentioned Pradeep Jena, Odisha's chief secretary.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned he's "distressed" by the accident and mentioned rescue operations are beneath means on the website.

Photos from the scene present individuals attempting to flee from a toppled carriage.

A railroad ministry spokesperson, Amitabh Sharma, mentioned mangled items of the derailed practice fell on to a close-by observe and had been hit by one other passenger practice coming in the other way.

More than 12 million individuals journey 14,000 trains throughout India every single day, touring on 40,000 miles of observe.

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Despite authorities efforts to enhance rail security, a number of hundred accidents happen yearly on India's railways, the biggest practice community beneath one administration on the earth.

Most practice accidents are blamed on human error or outdated signaling gear.