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   Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:   
   >   
   > 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-acci   
   ent-over-115-killed-and-more-than-200-injured-3115758.html   
      
   Indore-Patna express derailment: Death toll rises to 126,   
   army to carry on rescue operations overnight   
      
   Daily News & Analysis, dnaindia.com   
   Sunday, November 20, 2016   
      
   http://www.dnaindia.com/india/live-update-indore-patna-express-t   
   ain-derails-in-kanpur-several-dead-pukhrayan-2275099   
      
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