Amagosa kaloliwe axele ubuncinci abantu abangama-280 babhubhile kwaye ngaphezulu kwe-900 benzakala xa oololiwe ababini abakhweli badibana kwimpuma ye-Odisha yaseIndiya namhlanje.
Isithethi senkonzo kaloliwe, u-Amitabh Sharma, uchaze ukuba abaqeqeshi abali-10 ukuya kwali-12 bakaloliwe omnye baye baphuma esiporweni, kwaye ubutyobo obusuka kuloliwe ojiyileyo buwele kumzila okufutshane. Yatshayiswa ngomnye uloliwe ohamba abantu owayevela kwelinye icala. Ukuya kuthi ga kwi-3 abaqeqeshi bakaloliwe wesibini nabo baye baphuma emzileni.
I-Howrah Superfast Express iye yawela kwi-Coromandel Express, abasemagunyeni kuloliwe waseMpuma Mpuma baxela. I-Coromandel Express elahlekileyo yayisuka e-Howrah e-West Bengal isiya e-Chennai, ikomkhulu lelizwe elikumazantsi e-Tamil Nadu. Indawo yengozi kaloliwe ijikeleze iikhilomitha ezingama-220 (iikhilomitha ezingama-137) kumzantsi-ntshona weKolkata.
Umlawuli ophezulu kwisithili saseBalasore, uDattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde, uthe kukho ubuncinane abantu be-200 abavaleleke kwi-wreckage yesitimela.
Nangona zingekabikho iingxelo ezisemthethweni zababhubhileyo nabenzakeleyo, abeendaba babika ukuba bangama-280 ubuncinane abaswelekileyo. Unobhala oyiNtloko we-Odisha uPradeep Jena uxele ukuba bangaphezulu kwama-900 abakhweli abathunyelwe kwizibhedlele ezikufutshane. Umphathiswa oyiNtloko uqinisekisile ukuba eyona nto iphambili kubo "kukususa abaphilayo ezibhedlele." Phantse amagosa amapolisa angama-500 kunye nabasebenzi bokuhlangula abanee-ambulensi ze-75 kunye neebhasi basabela kwingozi kaloliwe.
Indiya Inkulumbuso uNarendra Modi ubhale kuTwitter ukuba "lonke uncedo olunokwenzeka" lunikwa abo babandakanyekayo kwingozi kaloliwe. U-PM Modi uthe ukhathazekile yile ngozi kwaye wathumela kuTwitter esithi, “Ngeli xesha lentlungu, iingcinga zam zikusapho olufelweyo. Yanga abonzakeleyo bangaphila kwakamsinyane.”
Umphathiswa we-Federal Railways, u-Ashwini Vaishnaw, uthumele ukuba amaqela ohlangulo ahlanganiswe ukusuka e-Kolkata e-West Bengal nase-Odisha's Bhubaneswar. UMphathiswa uVaishnaw wongeze ukuba i-National Disaster Response Force, i-air force, kunye namaqela karhulumente welizwe baye bahlanganiswa ukuba baphendule kule ngozi.
The Indiya ingozi kaloliwe iphantsi kophando.
