India's deadliest train crash in decades leaves hundreds dead and injured.

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India's deadliest train crash in decades leaves hundreds dead and injured.
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Two passenger trains derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades. Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage. The cause of the accident is under investigation. Despite government efforts to improve rail safety, several hundred accidents occur every year on India’s railways, the largest train network under one management in the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to the crash site and spent half an hour examining the relief effort and talking to rescue officials.

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