Train Accident in India’s Southeast Kills at Least 27

In India’s southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, at least 27 people were killed and scores injured in a train accident Saturday night. Railway officials said eight coaches of the train derailed and fell of the track around 11 p.m. local time as it passed through a remote district when most people were sleeping. Operations were conducted through the night to extricate passengers trapped in the mangled coaches. Many have been moved to nearby hospitals. Those who escaped injury were taken...

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