# Talk:2023 Odisha train collision

Two unreserved coaches and the brake van of the Bengaluru–Howrah Express were derailed. The remainder of the train, which included the engine and 20 coaches, left with its passengers and continued to Balasore, where a further damaged coach was detached.
This causes more question than it answers. Please rewrite this to clarify: did the remainder really just keep going, as if nothing happened, or are you talking about stopping and then starting again? Did the train crew not even realize they had lost the end of their train? Who made the decision to leave?
CapnZapp (talk) 23:03, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

According to latest eyewitness reports, and you can corroborate this from other valid articles from reputed publications, the Yashwantpur-Howrah express driver and passangers felt a massive thud and a shake when the accident happened, however since only the last few bogies of the train were affected, they didn't realize what had happened. The train did stop further away from the accident spot, about 100 meters or so, and people got out and saw that the accident had happened. Some stranded and not very injured passengers from the Coromandel express also boarded the other train and reached Howrah where they were provided first-aid and transport was arranged to take them to their homes/destinations. Now exactly when did the Yaswantpur-Howrah express leave after stopping is not very clear, but I agree, the information currently mentioned is a bit misleading and should be reworded.
Lawdeer (talk) 04:05, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

At the end of the lead description it is stated that the incident was "India's deadliest railway crash since the Firozibad rail collision." The linked article lists a death toll of 358 (>400), which would make it considerably less deadly that the 2023 Odisha train collision. 89.64.27.101 (talk) 08:42, 2 June 2024 (UTC)