The carriages from three separate trains sat piled high in an entangled wreck. Some lay sideways, others had been thrown so high into the air on impact that they had fallen back to earth twisted and upside down.
A line of dozens of bodies covered in white sheets were laid out next to the wreckage waiting for vehicles – ambulances, local cars, even tractors – to take them away to local hospitals, while more bodies were piled up in a nearby school. Passengers’ possessions lay scattered around them, shoes and toys and suitcases thrown open.
At least 280 people were killed in India's worst train accident in over two decades. pic.twitter.com/eq1rB3KNbG
— DW News (@dwnews) June 3, 2023
