Deadly India train accident kills 91

[onebyone]

AFP /A man walks past the wreckage of an Indian train that derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur district on November 20, 2016 killing some 91 people
A passenger train derailed in northern India Sunday, killing at least 91 travellers most of whom were sleeping when the fatal accident occurred, police said.

Rescue workers rushed to the scene near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh state where the Patna-Indore express train derailed in the early hours of the morning.

"A lot of teams are currently there including local police, doctors and members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). The rescue operations are on," Daljit Singh Chawdhary, the additional police director general, told reporters.

All local hospitals had been placed on alert and around 30 ambulances had been deployed to transport the injured.
All local hospitals had been placed on alert and around 30 ambulances had been deployed to transport the injured.

TV footage showed rescue workers trying to cut through severely mangled coaches with suitcases and other luggage strewn around.

Witnesses spoke of being woken up by a huge bang and being thrown around.

"We woke up to a great thud this morning. It was pitch dark and the noise was deafening," a passenger told reporters as he waited with his family at the accident site.

AFP / -Indian rescue workers search for survivors in the wreckage of a train that derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur district on November 20, 2016
"I am lucky to be alive and safe. But it was a near death experience for us."

Suresh Prabhu, India's Railways Minister, said in a tweet the government would investigate what caused the derailment and promised the strictest possible action against those found guilty.

India's railway network, one of the world's largest, is still the main form of long-distance travel in the vast country, but it is poorly funded and deadly accidents occur relatively frequently.

In 2014, an express train ploughed into a stationary freight train, also in Uttar Pradesh, killing 26 people.

AFP/File / Manan VatsyayanaIndia's railway network, one of the world's largest, is still the main form of long-distance travel in the vast country, but it is poorly funded and deadly accidents are frequent
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he was "anguished beyond words" by the loss of life.

Modi's government has pledged to invest $137 billion over five years to modernise its crumbling railways, making them safer, faster and more efficient.

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[onebyone]

RIP

 

[cirr]

Horrible.

R.I.P

 

[endyashainin]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/19/asia/indian-train-derailment-kills-dozens/

India train derailment kills at least 95

Indian rescue workers search for survivors in the wreckage of a train that derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur district on November 20, 2016.
(CNN)At least 95 people were killed early Sunday when a Patna-Indore Express train derailed near India's northern city of Kanpur, according to constable Hari Sharma inside the police control room in Kanpur.

Railways Ministry spokesperson Anil Saxena said the number of casualties may mount. Over 150 passengers have been injured, according to CNN affiliate CNN News 18. More than 40 people are seriously injured, Rahul Srivastav, the press officer for the Uttar Pradesh police told CNN.

Kanpur, located in Uttar Pradesh state, is nearly 300 miles southeast of New Delhi, the nation's capital.

Upward of 70 passengers could still be trapped in mangled rail cars, Javeed Ahmed, director general of police for Uttar Pradesh, told the news station.

"We've taken out 30 plus dead bodies so far," said Ahmed. "There are still people trapped in some coaches."

Onlookers and survivors gather next to wreckage of the train.



The crash


Fourteen cars in a 24-car train derailed around 3 a.m.

It was not immediately clear what caused the crash or how many people were traveling on the train, Ahmed said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to express his condolences. "

Anguished beyond words on the loss of lives due to the derailing of the Patna-Indore express. My thoughts are with the bereaved families.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 20, 2016
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Twitter that senior officers were immediately deployed to the accident site.

Prabhu also said the National Disaster Response Force has been activated and is headed to the scene.

Train travel is the most popular form of long-distance travel in India but the railway system is known to be poorly maintained.

India's massive rail network, used by hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, is known to be poorly maintained. Despite being the most popular form of long-distance travel in India, several train accidents are reported each year.
CNN New Delhi Bureau Chief Ravi Agrawal and Huizhong Wu, contributed to this report.

 

[Max]

RIP.

 

[randomradio]

RIP

It's going to be another case of sabotage.

 

[Kambojaric]

Really sad to hear. RIP!

 

[hussain0216]

RIP

It's going to be another case of sabotage.

who would sabotage a train?

 

[RISING SUN]

RIP. This train uses one of INs one of busiest routes to pass throguh inclding my native vilage. It has old carriages also. Let enquiry come out why this happenned.

 

[PakGuns]

RIP

It's going to be another case of sabotage.

who would sabotage a train?

It is easy to read indian minds, definitely Pakistan is behind this., specifically Nawaz sharif, army and ISI....
RIP to the poor people...

 

[endyashainin]

Bullet trains will solve all problems. When Indian trains travel faster than 350km per hour, all accidents will go away.

 

[Windjammer]

R.I.P
Very sad tragedy.

 

[beijingwalker]

India train derailment kills almost 100 people

RIP.

 

[cranwerkhan]

brace urself isi blaming is coming ..

 

[Abdul Ahad 89]

India train derailment kills almost 100 people

RIP. but I still have to say the money Indian government spent on procuring foreign weapons should be used for the improvement of the public infrastructures.

Has it happened ever in China ? No need to gain brownie points on a tragedy like this.