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India’s worst rail disaster in decades convulses country dependent on trains

Por: The Boston Globe World June 04, 2023

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BALASORE, India — As giant excavators tried to untangle crushed trains Saturday at the scene of India’s worst rail disaster in decades, a solemn scene was playing out at a small school a few hundred yards away.In humid air filled with the odor of human flesh, relatives went through the harrowing exercise of identifying their loved ones from about 120 dead bodies lined up on the ground after the crash Friday night.Among those searching was... + full article



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