Beijing, June 3, AZERTAC The death toll surpassed 280 in a three-train crash in eastern India, with nearly 1,100 others injured, officials said on Saturday, according to Anadolu Agency.The accident occurred in the Balasore district of Odisha state late Friday and a massive rescue operation was launched involving the National Disaster Response Force, military and other agencies, according to officials.Sudhanshu Sarangi, the state's Director General of the Fire Services Department, Odisha, confirmed the death toll to Anadolu, while a preliminary report released by the state emergency operation center on Saturday morning put the fatalities at 238.The report said the accident involved Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express, and goods train on "three separate tracks" at Bahanaga market station in the Balasore district."17 coaches of these two trains were derailed and severely damaged," it added.Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde, a top official from the Balasore district, told Anadolu that nearly 1,100 people were injured in the crash and shifted to different hospitals.Atul Karwal, the director general of the National Disaster Rescue Force, called it a very tragic incident and said the ongoing operation would end by Saturday evening."The force with which the three trains collided with each other resulted in many coaches getting crushed and in a mangled condition," he said.