Related News
35 killed, 110 injured in Indian train collision due to rebel sabotage
Source: Xinhua |
May 28, 2010, Friday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
THIRTY-FIVE people were killed and 110 injured when a goods train rammed into two coaches of a derailed passenger train at wee hours today in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, after suspected extreme left-wing Naxal rebels sabotaged rail track, said police.
The rebels moved some tracks from the rail causing an express train bound for Mumbai to derail. A speeding goods train from the opposition direction rammed into the coaches, causing heavy casualties, said police.
Indian Railway Minister Mamata Barnerjee, who rushed to the spot, said the priority now is to rescue the passengers. She said trains were easy targets for the rebels.
As many as 50 passengers could still be trapped in the wreckage of the train, according to local TV reports.
TV footages showed disturbing pictures of bloody mutilated parts of human bodies on the track by the side of the overturned Gyaneshwari Express passenger train, which was thrust into by an engine already reduced to complete junks.
The rebels moved some tracks from the rail causing an express train bound for Mumbai to derail. A speeding goods train from the opposition direction rammed into the coaches, causing heavy casualties, said police.
Indian Railway Minister Mamata Barnerjee, who rushed to the spot, said the priority now is to rescue the passengers. She said trains were easy targets for the rebels.
As many as 50 passengers could still be trapped in the wreckage of the train, according to local TV reports.
TV footages showed disturbing pictures of bloody mutilated parts of human bodies on the track by the side of the overturned Gyaneshwari Express passenger train, which was thrust into by an engine already reduced to complete junks.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
