Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the relevant authorities will conduct a thorough investigation into the causes of the train accident. He stated this by visiting the crash site and the hospital where the victims are treated.
The death toll from an accident involving passenger and freight trains in eastern India has reached 288. There is currently no data on Russians injured in a train crash in India. The accident occurred in the eastern state of Odisha on Wednesday. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, according to local media.