Picture from the accident scene. Rafiq Maqbool / AP
No more survivors in India - signal failure may have caused accident: 'Shocking'
Rescue workers have found no more survivors after the deadly train crash in eastern India, AP reports. According to the news agency, over 280 people died in the crash.
A preliminary investigation indicates that a signal error was behind the accident, writes India Today. A spokesperson for the opposition Trinamool party describes it as "shocking" if it turns out that the cause of the tragedy was actually a fault in the signaling system, reports The Hindustan Times.
"These are serious questions that require an answer," writes spokesperson Saket Gokhale on Twitter.
In addition to the people who died in the accident, over 900 were injured.
Rescue work at the scene of the accident. AP
Mukesh was rescued from the train: "Many in my carriage died"
Mukesh Pandey, who was traveling on one of the three trains involved in the accident in India, told the BBC that he felt the train jerk just before it then derailed. He was rescued from the carriage after half an hour, but others were not so lucky.
- Many people in my carriage died, he says.
Girija Shankar Rath was one of many local residents who helped in the rescue work in connection with the accident. He tells the BBC that he decided to run to the scene of the accident to start pulling out the injured and dead but that there were so many that it was difficult to get them out of the train.
- It became a little easier after rescue workers arrived. This work went on almost all night. I'm still in a fog, he says.
288 people have been confirmed dead after the accident, according to AP. At least 900 are also injured.
Rescue workers at the accident site in Odisha. AP
Survivors: Saw people who lost arms and legs
At least 900 people were injured in the train accident in India, in addition to the nearly 300 people who died. The BBC has spoken to a man who survived the accident after initially being pinned under a pile of people inside the train.
- When I got out of the train carriage, I saw someone who had lost his hand, someone who had lost his leg, and another whose face had been distorted, says the man.
India's Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has visited the accident site, and he says rescuing survivors from the train is the highest priority, writes India Today. He also announces that he has appointed a committee to investigate the accident.
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