India train crash: Death toll rises to 261

Death toll from India train crash has reached 261, and over 900 people have been injured in a triple train collision that occurred on Friday evening.

A passenger train derailed and collided with another locamotive in Balasore district of the eastern state of Odisha.

The Coromandel Express, which runs between Kolkata and Chennai, reportedly derailed and struck a goods train.

The Odisha government has ordered a state of mourning.