The two deceased include a 2-year-old boy of Moroccan origin and a 41-year-old German man. Three others, including a 72-year-old German man, a 59-year-old German woman, and a 2-year-old Syrian girl, were also injured, police confirmed in a statement Wednesday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced Rs 5 lakh ex gratia to the families of the victims who died in the Jalgaon train accident on Wednesday. The state government will also bear all the medical expenses of the injured, the CM said.
According to initial reports, the passengers of the Pushpak Express had stepped outside their coaches due to a suspected fire on the train. While on the track, Karnataka express from the other track was coming from the other side, hitting the passengers.
President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkiye over the victims of a fire in a hotel in Bolu Province, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries, wishing a speedy recovery to all the injured.
The death toll in an accident that occurred at Arebile area in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada on Wednesday morning rose to 11 as one of the injured succumbs to injuries while undergoing treatment.
Four people died and 10 others were injured after a vehicle overturned at Sindhanur in Karnataka's Raichur district on Wednesday morning, said the police.
Ten people were killed and 15 injured after a truck carrying them met with an accident at Arebile area in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada on Wednesday morning, said the police.
A devastating fire broke out at a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people and injuring 51 others.
At least 66 people were killed and 51 others were injured in a massive fire that broke out at a hotel in northern Turkiye on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported, citing local authorities.