India: Train derails at Odisha railway station – 3 dead, 4 injured – Watch video

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Eight carriages derail and crash into platform at Korai railway station – Three victims are women

At least three people were killed and four others were injured when a commercial train derailed at a railway station in the state of Odisha, a Railways spokesman said of India (Indian Railway). The three victims are women, he clarified.

The train accident occurred shortly before 7 am in the Jaipur district of Odisha state (eastern India). Eight carriages derailed and crashed into the platform of Korai railway station.

The derailment occurred when the driver braked sharply, the Indian Railway spokesperson noted.

India’s state-run railway company canceled several services and around 20 trains were diverted to other railway stations until the carriages were removed from the accident site.

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