Derailed coaches of the Utkal Express on Saturday evening. Picture: ABP NewsNew Delhi, Aug. 19 (Agencies): Six coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express derailed at Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening, leaving at least 20 people injured. Local media reported that at least five people were killed, but a spokesman for the railways said he could not confirm the number of casualties. Prashant Kumar, the additional director general of police for the Meerut zone, said the exact number of injured was not yet known. Television footage several mangled carriages, with one carriage piled on top of another, and some that crashed into a house.

Source: The Telegraph August 19, 2017 13:52 UTC