NEW DELHI – As many as 35 passengers were killed and 150 were injured when an express train derailed in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, officials and news reports said.
Thirteen coaches of the Delhi-bound Howrah-Kalka train, which was travelling at a speed of 67 mph, ran off the rails in southern Fatehpur district.
Senior state police official Brij Lal said 35 passengers had died. Railway officials and local police put the death toll lower, at 25.
“As many as 150 injured have been moved to nearby hospitals,” district police spokesman Sunil Rai said.
Rescue workers used blowtorches to cut open the wreckage to pull out survivors. Hundreds of villagers gathered at the site to help with the rescue.
The accident led to the suspension of train services on what is one of the country’s busiest railway routes.
Witnesses said eight of the 13 cars had borne the brunt of the accident.
The train, which was coming from the eastern metropolis of Kolkata, was carrying an estimated 1,000 passengers in about 24 cars.
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