HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn today in southern India, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens more.
Rescuers worked for about six hours to pull some 70 survivors from the twisted and smoldering wreckage near the southwestern border of Andhra Pradesh state.
At least 40 people were hospitalized with injuries, with about 10 in critical condition, local police chief Charu Sinha said.
The driver of the Hampi Express, upon seeing the cargo train stopped on the tracks ahead, slammed on the emergency brakes, which caused four of the Express cars to derail, officials said.
The collision then caused its first car to catch fire, burning to death 16 people who were inside, Sinha said.
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