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   Patna-Indore Express train accident: Over 115 killed and   
   more than 200 injured   
      
   By FP Staff   
   Firstpost, firstpost.com   
   Sunday, November 20, 2016   
      
   Over 115 passengers were killed and more than 200   
   injured, nearly half of them grievously, in the worst   
   train accident in recent years when 14 coaches of the   
   Indore-Patna Express derailed in Kanpur rural area in the   
   wee hours on Sunday due to suspected rail fracture.   
      
   The disaster took place just a little after 0300 hrs when   
   the passengers were jolted out of their sleep as the   
   Patna-bound train jumped the tracks, badly damaging four   
   ordinary sleeper coaches in which hundreds were trapped.   
   Of the four coaches, the S1 and S2 had telescoped into   
   each other and most of the casualties were feared to have   
   been in these two compartments.   
      
   S3 and S4 coaches also suffered severe damage while an AC   
   III tier coach was also affected but casualties in it   
   were not heavy. As railway personnel assisted by those of   
   army, NDRF and state police carried out the search and   
   rescue operation, the number of casualties kept on   
   increasing by the hour.   
      
   By evening, 110 bodies were recovered and taken to Mati   
   mortuary in Kanpur rural. The death toll is over 115, UP   
   DGP Javeed Ahmad said. Among the dead, 43 have been   
   identified, of which 20 are from Uttar Pradesh, 15 from   
   Madhya Pradesh and six from Bihar and one each from   
   Maharashtra and Gujarat. Post mortem of 27 identified   
   bodies has been done and they were being handed over to   
   the families. Ambulance facilities were also being   
   provided to the families of the victims to transport the   
   bodies, officials said.   
      
   An army man Prabhu Narayan Singh, Anil Kishore of BSF   
   from Rohtas, Bihar, and UP police constable Lakhan Singh   
   from Jhansi were among the dead. 76 passengers were   
   seriously injured in the derailment, IG (Kanpur range)   
   Zaki Ahmad said. 150 other passengers received minor   
   injuries in the mishap. "Over 150 injured people have   
   been rushed to nearby hospitals in the area. All   
   hospitals have been asked to be alert. More than 30   
   ambulances have been pressed into service," he said.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   http://www.firstpost.com/india/patna-indore-express-train-accide   
   t-over-115-killed-and-more-than-200-injured-3115758.html   
      
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