More than 280 dead in India train crash

At least 288 people are now known to have been killed and 900 injured in a multiple train collision in India's eastern Odisha state, officials say. More than 200 ambulances were sent to the scene in Balasore district, says Odisha's chief secretary Pradeep Jena. The crash is India's worst this century and the minister of railways has promised an investigation.

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(Picture: A drone shows the site of a train accident at Odisha Balasore. Credit: EPA/National Disaster Response Force)