India train crash: 36 people dead and 50 injured after massive derailment
AT least 36 people have been killed and 50 injured after nine coaches of a passenger train derailed.
By Nicole Stinson /
Emergencies services have responded to the scene and are attempting to recover people from the train wreckage.
The Hirakhand Express train derailed near Kuneri station around 30 km (18 miles) outside the town of Raigarh in India on Saturday night.
The train was enroute from Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar derailed near Kuneri station,
DEADLY: Dozens have died after a train derailed
RESCUE: Emergency services try to recover people from the wreckage
DEADLY: Dozens have died after a train derailed
RESCUE: Emergency services try to recover people from the wreckage
Local superintendant of police, Ranga Rao said: "Most of the casualties and deaths are from the three sleeper-class compartments.
"Nine bogies [carriages] were derailed of which three have turned and fallen off the track."
Major carnage and delays have been caused on surrounding train lines.
It comes after at least 116 people were killed in a similar derailment in the region in Novemeber.
According to the Indian Railways sources, 87% rail accidents which occur in the country are blamed on poor maintenance, outdated equipment and human error.
