The cause of the crash is not immediately apparent.
Officials told reporters that a "high-level inquiry" has been ordered.
This frame grab taken from an AFPTV video footage on June 3, 2023, shows injured survivors receiving treatment at the Bhadrak District Hospital after a horrific three-train collision that took place near Balasore.
STR/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images"The force with which the trains collided has resulted in several coaches being crushed and mangled," Atul Karwal, chief of India's National Disaster Response Force, told local news, per the BBC.
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