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Modi “deeply pained” after Indian train collision kills nearly 300, injures about 900

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

Chaotic scenes erupted after the derailment on Friday night about 220 kilometers southwest of Kolkata, as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches.

The death toll rose steadily throughout the night as scores of bodies, covered by white sheets, lay on the ground near the tracks while locals and rescuers raced to free the hundreds of people trapped in the rail cars under the twisted metal and broken glass. Army soldiers and air force helicopters joined the effort.

“I am deeply pained,” India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during a visit to hospitalized victims. “The government will leave no stone unturned in providing the best treatment to the people who have been injured.”

“Whoever is found guilty will get the strictest punishment, that person will not be spared,” Modi added.

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