At least 96 Killed, More Injured in India Train Derailment

Rescue workers used gas cutters to pull out survivors after 14 coaches of a passenger train rolled off the track, killing at least 96 people in northern India early Sunday, police said. Daljeet Chaudhary, a director general of police, said the death toll was likely to rise because rescue workers had yet to gain access to one of the worst-damaged coaches. The bodies were retrieved from the mangled coaches that fell on their side after the train derailed at around 3:10 a.m., jolting...

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