"The death toll has unfortunately increased and it is 96 now," Daljit Singh Chawdhary, the additional police director-general, told reporters, adding 150 were injured. TV footage showed rescue workers using gas cutters and other equipment to slice through severely mangled coaches strewn with suitcases and other luggage. It was pitch dark and the noise was deafening," a passenger told reporters as he waited with his family at the scene. "We are also trying to clear the tracks and complete the restoration work as quickly as possible," Vijay Kumar, a spokesman for north-central railways, told AFP. In 2014 an express train ploughed into a stationary freight train, also in Uttar Pradesh, killing 26 people.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 20, 2016 07:07 UTC