NEW DELHI - A massive operation tried to rescue more than a thousand people on Saturday afternoon as the death toll from a three-train pileup rose to 261 in one of the worst train accidents in India's history, a spokesperson with the South Eastern Railway told The Washington Post.
Roughly 900 people were injured in the collision near Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore, a district in the state of Odisha, the state's Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said.