LUCKNOW, India (July 11) – According to latest updates the death toll has reached 61 as a result of derailed express train in northern India; while many passengers are still trapped in the jumbled coaches. The death toll may rise further at the end of rescue operations.
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| Express Train Derailed in Northern India killed at Least 61 |
As per initial reports; a jam-packed express train has derailed in northern India on Sunday (July 10) afternoon, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 100 others.
Reportedly, the Kalka Mail train was on its way to Kalka, in the foothills of the Himalayas, from Howrah, a station near Kolkata in eastern India, when 12 coaches and the engine jumped the tracks near the town of Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh state, a senior railway official said.
Television footage showed that at least one coach had been shunted over the roof of another and was dangling precariously. Another coach was thrown away from the rest of the train.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately clear but it appeared that the driver applied the emergency brakes. The accident site was a pile of twisted metal.
See more pictures below, before jumping to the video of this gloomy incident:
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| Express Train Derailed in Northern India killed at Least 61 |
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| Express Train Derailed in Northern India killed at Least 61 |
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| Express Train Derailed in Northern India killed at Least 61 |
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| Express Train Derailed in Northern India killed at Least 61 |
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