"Alive Because...: Odisha Rail Tragedy Survivor Recounts Struggle

Visuals from the accident site showed coaches on top of each other and twisted steel, with passengers' belongings strewn all over.

At least 288 people have died in the horrific train mishap that occurred in Odisha's Balasore on Friday. The accident involving three trains - Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train - is one of the worst railway tragedies in the country.

Visuals from the accident site showed coaches on top of each other and twisted steel, with passengers' belongings strewn all over. Lines of bodies were collected by rescue workers and more were being extricated from the wreckage.

More than 800 people were injured in the accident, officials said, adding that most of them have been admitted to various hospitals in Balasore.

Deepak Das from Assam, who is being treated at the district hospital, recounted the turn of events and narrated how the train he was travelling in collided with the goods train.