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Several
passengers injured as Kalka-Howrah Express derail
Sunday July 10, 2011 02:17:20 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow:
Many passengers were injured as 14 coaches of the Howrah-Kalka
Express went off the rails near Malwa station in Fatehpur district
of Uttar Pradesh Sunday noon, an official said.
More than 100 people are believed to be trapped inside the coaches
and efforts are on to rescue them, said a railway official.
The train was bound for Kalka and was travelling at 105 km an hour
when it went off the rails at Malwa station in Fatehpur district,
about 150 km from here.
According to Senior Development Operations Manager of North
Central Railways Pradeep Ojha: "A number of people are still
trapped in the 14 coaches that jumped the rails as the train was
about to touch Malwa station around 12.20 p.m. today."
"Relief measures are on in full swing and people are engaged in
cutting the AC coaches with gas welding machines to bring out
survivors."
All the injured have been rushed to Fatehpur district hospital,
about 17 km away from the accident site.
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