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    July 11, 2011

Scores Killed in Seperate Train Accidents in India

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   Indian army personnel pull out the body of a victim from the wreckage
   of a Kalka Mail passenger train that derailed near Fatehpur in Uttar
   Pradesh state, India, July 11, 2011
   Photo: AP
   Indian army personnel pull out the body of a victim from the wreckage
   of a Kalka Mail passenger train that derailed near Fatehpur in Uttar
   Pradesh state, India, July 11, 2011

   Two passengers trains in India were derailed in separate incidents
   Sunday, leaving at least 67 people dead and about 200 others injured.
   Rescuers in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the site of the first
   derailment, were searching for survivors in the wreckage of the Kalka
   Mail train that jumped the track en route to New Delhi Sunday
   afternoon.
   The cause was not immediately clear.
   Hours later, the second train derailed in the northeastern state of
   Assam, injuring another 100 people. No fatalities have been reported.
   Local police suspect a remote-controlled bomb caused four coaches of
   the Guwahati-Puri express train to be thrown off the tracks.
   On Thursday, at least 35 people died at a railway crossing in Uttar
   Pradesh when a train rammed into a bus returning from a wedding.
   India's railway network is one of the largest in the world, carrying
   about 14 million passengers each day. Accidents are common, with most
   blamed on poor maintenance and human error.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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