“This is very, very tragic. I have never seen anything like this in my career,' Sudhanshu Sarangi, director of Odisha state's fire and emergency department, told The Associated Press.
The death toll had risen to over 280 Saturday as rescuers in eastern India continued to sift through the wreckage ofMore than 900 people were injured after a passenger train derailed, causing between 10 and 12 cars to wreck in Odisha, about 137 miles southwest of Kolkata. Some of the debris from the crash scattered onto another track, causing at least three cars from a second passenger train to derail as well, Railroad Ministry spokesperson Amitabh Sharma said.“This is very, very tragic.
"The challenge now is identifying the bodies. Wherever the relatives are able to provide evidence, the bodies are handed over after autopsies. If not identified, maybe we have to go for a DNA test and other protocols," he said. One passenger, Vandana Kaleda, said the accident caused people to fall over each other, as her coach shook violently and veered off the tracks.
It comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is focusing on modernization of railways in the country. He was scheduled Saturday to unveil a high-speed train between Goa and Mumbai that had new collision-avoidance technology, but the event was cancelled after Friday's crash. The trains involved in the crash Friday didn't have the new system.
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