At Least 60 Die in Indian Train Derailment
Fourteen coaches of a passenger train rolled off the track early on Sunday morning, killing more than 60 people and injuring more than 80 in northern India, The Guardian reports.
The derailment occurred around 3am on Sunday near Purwa, a village near the industrial city of Kanpur, when the 14 coaches jumped the track. The train was travelling between the northeastern city of Patna and the central city of Indore. Some coaches crumpled as they crashed into others, trapping hundreds of people inside.
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, said on Twitter he was: “Anguished beyond words on the loss of lives due to the derailing of the Patna-Indore express. My thoughts are with the bereaved families.”
Modi said he had talked to railways minister Suresh Prabhu, who was “personally monitoring the situation”.
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