Dozens killed in India train derailment

 

 

More than 90 people are said to have died after a train derailed in northern India.

 

It happened in the early hours of the morning in the nation’s biggest state, Uttar Pradesh.

 

The train was travelling between the cities of Patna and Indore.

 

More than 150 people are said to have been injured. Some 30 ambulances were sent to transport them to hospital.

 

Many were said to have been asleep when the crash happened.

 

“All of a sudden, there was a massive jolt. Our heads collided with the roof of the coach as it derailed… We somehow managed to get out because the door couldn’t be opened,” said passenger Ravindra Pathak.

 

As rescue operations continue, emergency workers have been trying to free passengers who are trapped, using special cutting equipment. Fourteen carriages came off the track, three of them severely crushed.

 

It is still not clear what caused the accident. India’s railway system – the world’s fourth largest – has a poor safety record and derailments are frequent.

Suresh Prabhu, India’s Railways Minister, said in a tweet that the government would immediately investigate the causes of the derailment and promised accountability with the “strictest possible action”.

 

India’s creaking railway system, the world’s fourth largest, has a poor safety record and derailments are frequent.

 

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,” Modi said.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-11-20

 

23 million people a day use the system. Might the ones killed have been human projectiles hanging on the the roof? They are apparently talking to Japan about buying and installing a new Bullet train. Will there be deck chairs on the roof? Free A/C.  I imagine Prince Modi might even have his own luxury coach to keep the riff raff at bay while touring the land. When in Japan this well dressed mannequin did state "You all come to India we have lots of cheap labor" There folks you have the word phrase that most world leaders are trying to project but do not have the courage (yet) to tell you. 

BBC yesterday announced, the company were paying survivors compensation in old 1000 and 500 IDR notes, which are now worthless.

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