India Train Crash (Odisha)

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India Train Crash (Odisha)

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First, I know that it is India but the news took a long time to arrive, somehow it is 3/6 news even though the train collided at 7 pm local time (13:30 GMT) yesterday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65793257

I did not found yet strong evidence that people died or were injured, it looks like a set.



What lead me to check this story in the first place was the picture on my local news website
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In the legend you can read "le 31/1 juin 2023", which could be a honest mistake or a wink for those in the know. I also saw on other websites report of 233 dead, now it is 288 and that number could change later.

There is already a wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Odis ... _collision

also 3/6 (666?)
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Re: India Train Crash (Odisha)

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I found more graphic footage of the event:
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Still I find the coverage of this event a bit odd.
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Re: India Train Crash (Odisha)

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Agreed, I'm always suspect of drone footage. But the video is likely all from passengers who were stuck there.

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