Rescue workers continue to search for survivors at the site of the train derailment in Pukhrayan, south of Kanpur city, India. ( JITENDRA PRAKASH / REUTERS )PUKHRAYAN, INDIA — At least 115 people were killed when an overnight passenger train rolled off the track in northern India early Sunday, with rescuers working into the night to pull people out of the mangled coaches, police said. The train derailed at around 3:10 a.m., jolting awake passengers who had settled in for the long trip. Article Continued BelowAnother passenger, Satish Kumar, said the train was travelling at normal speed when it stopped suddenly. The country's worst railway accident occurred in 1981, when a passenger train fell into the Baghmati River in northern India, killing nearly 800 people.

Source: thestar November 20, 2016 12:00 UTC