No more survivors found after India train crash kills more than 280

Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district (AP)
Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district (AP)

Rescuers found no more survivors in the wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds more in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades.

There were chaotic scenes after the derailment on Friday night about 137 miles south-west of Kolkata, as rescuers climbed on top of the wrecked trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches.

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