A train accident that happened in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state has killed at least 115 people leaving more than 300 injured in the incident, the BBC reports. 14 carriages of the Indore-Patna
Express derailed just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the city of Kanpur. Rescuers are still trying to reach the injured and recover the dead from the twisted carriages.
The cause of the crash near the village of Pukhrayan is not yet known. Krishna Keshav, who was travelling on the train, told the BBC: “We woke with a jolt at around 3:00 a.m. Several coaches were derailed, everybody was in shock. I saw several bodies and injured people.”
Most of the victims were located in two carriages near the engine which overturned and were badly damaged. By Sunday afternoon, rescue workers were still using heavy machinery to try to reach survivors.
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