1 person killed after passenger train derails in India

At least one person was dead after 10 coaches of a passenger train jumped the tracks in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, television channels reported.

“We have rushed a team to the site of the accident,” said Anil Kumar Tiwari, chief medical superintendent of Gonda District Hospital.

TV visuals showed coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express, which connects India’s northern states to the eastern state of Assam, on their sides along the tracks, with passengers sitting outside with their luggage.

The reports said the derailment happened in Gonda district, over 100km (60 miles) from state capital Lucknow.

The NDTV channel said at least one passenger was dead.

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