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Signalling system error led to deadly train crash: India official

A drone view shows derailed coaches after trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India [Reuters]

The derailment of trains in eastern India that killed at least 288 people and injured more than 800 was caused by an error in the electronic signalling system that sent them onto the wrong tracks, a railway official says.

There was still confusion about the exact sequence of events leading to the worst rail disaster in decades in Odisha state’s Balasore district on Friday.

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