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- 03.06.2023 08:01:00
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At least 233 people have been killed and 900 injured in a train collision in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
This is India's worst railway accident of the century. Officials say the death toll is expected to rise again.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was saddened by the incident.
"Rescue work is currently being carried out at the scene of the incident, and the victims are being provided with all kinds of assistance," he wrote on Twitter.
A day of mourning has been declared in the state.
India's worst rail disaster occurred in 1981, when a passenger train derailed and plunged into a river during a cyclone in the state of Bihar, killing at least 800 people.
