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    A man searches desperately for his nephew, who is missing after India's train crash

    Nitam Roy, a construction worker and a father of two, was on one of the trains that crashed in India's eastern state of Odisha. His uncle is hoping he can at least find some trace of his nephew.
    by Aakash Hassan Jun 05, 2023 3 minutes
    Railway workers help to restore services at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, India, on Sunday.

    DELHI, India — Phoni Madan has been desperately searching in hospitals and morgues for his nephew, Nitam Roy.

    Roy, a 30-year-old construction worker, was southbound on one of the trains which crashed in India's eastern state of Odisha on Friday night, killing at least 275 people and leaving more than 1,000 injured in the country's deadliest train crash in decades.

    Amid scorching summer heat, rescue workers struggled through upended and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains, on which 2,000 people were on board at the time of

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