At least four people were killed and about 80 injured as an express train derailed in the Indian state of Bihar on Wednesday, a district official told Reuters. Twenty-one coaches of the North-East Express train, which runs from Delhi to Assam, derailed at the Raghunathpur railway station in Bihar’s Buxar district around 9:35 p.m. (1605 GMT) on Wednesday, said Tarun Prakash, general manager of East Central Railway. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: India’s worst train crash in decades kills at least 288Three coaches overturned, a police official said. In June, India experienced its worst train crash in two decades in Odisha, which resulted in the death of at least 288 people. READ: Hours after deadly train crash, Greece agonizes over what went wrong

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 12, 2023 04:37 UTC