In Pictures: Horrific three-train collision kills hundreds in India

An aerial view of the mangled remains of the Coromandel Express train after it derailed in Balasore on Friday. At least 900 people were injured, according to reports.

An aerial view of the wreckage piled high at the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha.

India’s NDRF personnel continue rescue operations at the accident site in Balasore.

Dead toll crossed 280 with hundred injured. Friday’s crash ranks as India's third worst, and the deadliest since 1995, when two express trains collided in Firozabad, near Agra, killing more than 300 people.

Carriages had flipped over entirely in the crash and rescue workers had a tough time looking for survivors trapped in the mangled wreckage.

Balasore [Odisha], Jun 03 (ANI): Mangled remains of the train as NDRF conducts rescue operations at the incident site after a train accident claimed atleast 233 lives, in Balasore on Friday. Atleast 900 people injured. (ANI Photo)

India’s NDRF personnel continue rescue operations at the accident site in Balasore.

An aerial view of the mangled remains of the Coromandel Express train after it derailed in Balasore on Saturday. At least 900 people were injured, according to reports.

Rescue workers at the accident site in Balasore. After technical team of the Railways suggested that was not possible to remove some of the coaches through cranes, the bogeys were cut down to remove the trapped passengers.

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim along the tracks at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 3, 2023.

Rescue personnel (R) work at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 3, 2023

NDRF personnel continue rescue operations at the incident site after a train accident in Balasore on Saturday.

Onlookers and rescue workers stand next to damaged coaches, after trains collided in Balasore, India June 3, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media.

Military personnel stand amid wreckage during the search of survivors at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 3, 2023

Rescue workers gather around damaged carriages at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 3, 2023

Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains accident, in Balasore district, in Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023.

Rescue workers search for survivors amid wreckage at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, Orissa.

A drone view shows derailed coaches after two passenger trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India, June 3, 2023.

Rescue workers sift through wreckage at the accident site in Balasore.

Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains accident, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023.

NDRF personnel and other rescuers at the site. Carriages had flipped over entirely in the crash and rescue workers had tough time looking for survivors trapped in the mangled wreckage.