LUCKNOW, INDIA—Fourteen coaches of a passenger train rolled off the track early Sunday, killing at least 45 people and injuring more than 120 in northern India, officials said. The derailment occurred around 3:10 a.m. local time near Purwa, a village near the industrial city of Kanpur, when the 14 coaches jumped the track. Some coaches crumpled as they crashed into others, trapping hundreds of people inside. Medical teams were providing first aid near the site while the more seriously injured have been moved to hospitals in Kanpur, Chaudhary said. It was not immediately clear was caused the coaches to derail.

Source: thestar November 20, 2016 02:55 UTC