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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Paul Scruton and Iona Serrapica

What caused the India train crash? A visual guide to what we know

Diggers remove damaged coaches following Friday’s India train crash in the state of Odisha
Diggers remove damaged coaches following Friday’s India train crash in the state of Odisha Photograph: Reuters

As rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after India’s deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, focus turned to what might have caused the accident.

Friday’s crash in the eastern state of Odisha involved three trains: the Coromandel Express, heading south to Chennai from Kolkata, the Yesvantpur-Howrah, heading in the opposite direction from Bengaluru to Kolkata, and a stationary freight train.

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