"Limbless Bodies, Bloodbath On Tracks": Survivor Recounts Odisha Train Crash
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Coromandel Express Accident: He claimed to have personally seen more than 200-250 deaths.
The horrific train crash that killed more than 200 people and injured over 900 in Odisha's Balasore on Friday evening was caused when the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express derailed and collided with a goods train that was parked on the loop track on the side, and the derailed coaches hit the incoming Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, a Twitter user who claims to have survived the crash has said. NDTV can't independently verify if the passenger was indeed travelling in one of the trains. As a passenger on the Coromandel Express from Howrah to Chennai, I am extremely thankful to have escaped unscathed. It probably is the biggest train accident related incident. Thread of how the incident unfolded 1/n
"As a passenger on the Coromandel Express from Howrah to Chennai, I am extremely thankful to have escaped unscathed. It probably is the biggest train accident-related incident," he tweeted, detailing "initial impressions" on what went down.
Three general coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express are completely damaged and derailed, the Twitter user named Anubhav Das said, adding that almost 13 coaches of Coromandel Express including General, Sleeper, AC 3 tier and AC 2 tier are "completely damaged".
He claimed to have personally seen more than 200-250 deaths.
