Thirteen coaches of the high-speed Utkal Express yesterday jumped the rails, with one of them crashing into a house adjacent to the track near Khatauli in UP leaving over 20 passengers dead. A group of curious onlookers gathered at the site of the accident this morning, as two coaches were hauled and put off track on the ground beside it. "We have come from Panipat to work on the clearing of tracks," said a linesman on the job. "The train had 23 coaches out of which 13 had derailed. Badly mangled coaches are posing a tough challenge in carrying out the work, going on in full swing after the rescue operation by the NDRF got over around 3 am.

Source: dna August 20, 2017 03:42 UTC