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.
Oh god take care of those who traped inside the train. And those who died in that train may their soul Rest in peace
my prayer goes with them all 
