How The Odisha Train Accident Happened: 3 Trains Collided Within Minutes

Odisha Train Accident: According to officials and witnesses, the massive tragedy took place in a matter of minutes, between 6.50 pm and 7.10 pm.

At least 233 people were killed and more than 900 injured after a horrific three-train collision last evening in Odisha's Balasore. 

The incident took place when a passenger train, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, derailed and hit a goods train, and another train, the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast, crashed into the derailed coaches.

The number of dead is likely to rise, and many are believed to be trapped in the wreckage.

"Two passenger trains had an active involvement in the accident while the third train, a goods train, which was parked at the site, also got (involved) in the accident," Amitabh Sharma, executive director, Indian Railways, told AFP.