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Uttar
Pradesh train derailment: Death toll rises to 63
Monday July 11, 2011 12:15:49 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow:
The toll in the Kalka Mail derailment in Uttar Pradesh rose to 63
with more bodies being pulled out from the wreckage of the mangled
coaches, an official said Monday.
"We are carrying out a final round of search to ensure that there
are no more bodies trapped in any of the 14 mangled coaches," said
Col. A.D.S. Dhillon, who has been leading the rescue operations
since Sunday.
"So far, we have a count of 63 dead bodies that were retrieved
from the wreckage of the train," Dhillon told reporters at the
site of the accident.
According to officials, sniffer dogs have been pressed into
service as authorities believe some passengers could still be
trapped under the heaps of mangled metal.
Fatehpur's Chief Medical Officer Keshav Narain Joshi said about
150 people were hospitalised with injuries ranging from
amputations to fractures and multiple wounds.
As many as 240 passengers were injured Sunday noon when 14 coaches
of the Kalka Mail derailed when it was nearing the Malwan railway
station in Fatehpur district, about 140 km from here. Coaches
toppled over two adjoining rail tracks, sealing off the busy route
to Howrah from where the train was coming.
The overturned coaches included the air-conditioned ones and the
pantry car. At least one coach was crushed by another.
The reason for the accident was not clear. But some officials said
the train was going at over 100 km per hour when the driver
applied emergency brakes just before the Malwan station.
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