The Odisha train crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train in which at least 280 people were killed and more than 900 injured, is one of the deadliest such accidents since independence, data shows. Let’s look at the other such deadliest train crashes:
* June 6, 1981: India recorded its worst train accident which occurred in Bihar. A train fell into the river Bagmati while crossing a bridge, killing more than 750 people.
* August 20, 1995: Purushottam Express collided with the stationary Kalindi Express near Firozabad. The official death toll was around 305.
