<p>Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said she was pained and anguished by a horrific train accident in Odisha and extended condolences to the bereaved families.</p>.<p>At least 261 people were killed and nearly 1,000 injured in the crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train in Odisha's Balasore on Friday.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/train-accident-site-coaches-strewn-haphazardly-ambulance-wails-punctuates-noise-from-electric-saws-1224454.html" target="_blank">Train accident site: Coaches strewn haphazardly, ambulance wails punctuates noise from electric saws</a></strong></p>.<p>"I am most pained and anguished by the terrible train disaster in Odisha," Gandhi said in a statement.</p>.<p>"I extend my deepest sympathy and condolences to all the bereaved families," the chairperson of the Congress's parliamentary party added.</p>
<p>Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said she was pained and anguished by a horrific train accident in Odisha and extended condolences to the bereaved families.</p>.<p>At least 261 people were killed and nearly 1,000 injured in the crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train in Odisha's Balasore on Friday.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/train-accident-site-coaches-strewn-haphazardly-ambulance-wails-punctuates-noise-from-electric-saws-1224454.html" target="_blank">Train accident site: Coaches strewn haphazardly, ambulance wails punctuates noise from electric saws</a></strong></p>.<p>"I am most pained and anguished by the terrible train disaster in Odisha," Gandhi said in a statement.</p>.<p>"I extend my deepest sympathy and condolences to all the bereaved families," the chairperson of the Congress's parliamentary party added.</p>