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Deadly Train Crash India

jaQui · May 26, 2014 21:40 5 67
jaQui OP
May 26, 2014 21:40
Deadly train crash in north India 26 May 2014 Last updated at 14:51 At least 20 people are feared dead after a passenger train derailed and hit a stationary goods train in India's Uttar Pradesh state, officials say. Six coaches of the Gorakhdham Express went off the rails and ploughed into the freight train at Chureb railway station in Sant Kabir Nagar district. Railway spokesman Anil Saxena told the BBC nine bodies had been recovered. Officials said rescuers were searching through the mangled coaches and a number of people were trapped. Eighty-three people had been injured, including the train's driver and assistant driver who were in a critical condition, they added. The train was travelling from Gorakhpur town to Hisar in Haryana state. "A medical train with doctors and paramedics has reached the site of the crash," Mr Saxena said. "We've also sent machines to cut the coaches to reach the passengers who are still trapped." "My condolences to families of those who lost their lives in the Gorakhdham express tragedy.
5 replies
NAASH
May 26, 2014 21:46
#1
smiley Oh god take care of those who traped inside the train. And those who died in that train may their soul Rest in peacesmiley
jaQui OP
May 26, 2014 22:02
#2
RIP...... God Take care of other
Kayli
May 26, 2014 22:20
#3
Very sad news smiley my prayer goes with them all smiley
ABHIRAJ
May 27, 2014 03:06
#4
Nw its 46 declared dead..many still trapped,
Wale22
Jun 2, 2014 04:35
#5
Crash here and there. May God help us.