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BALASORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 3 arrived at the Fakir Mohan Hospital in Odisha’s Balasore where some of the passengers injured in Friday’s mishap involving three trains were admitted.
The PM visited the hospital after reviewing the situation at the site of the June 2 incident in which at least 261 people were killed and over 1000 people injured.
Earlier, PM Modi flew down to the crash site in an IAF chopper at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district and was briefed by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw about the train mishap.
As per the latest estimate by the South Eastern Railway, the death toll in the train accident involving two express trains — Bengaluru-Howrah Express and Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express — and a goods train in Balasore was 238. Around 650 injured passengers have been taken to hospitals of Gopalpur, Khantapara, BalaBalasore (Odisha) [India], June 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived at the Fakir Mohan Hospital in Odisha’s Balasore where some of the passengers injured in Friday’s mishap involving three trains were admitted.sore, Bhadrak and Soro, the South Eastern Railway said.
According to the preliminary report by the State Emergency Operation Center, around 900 people are injured.