LUCKNOW, India (PA) - officials rescuers searched the wreckage of an express train packed for persons trapped inside after it was derailed in India North, on Sunday, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 100 others, said.
Kalka Mail train was in a good route from Kalka in the foothills of the Himalayas, Howrah, a station near Calcutta in India Eastern, when 12 coaches and the engine jumped the track near the town of Fatehpur in the State of Uttar Pradesh, senior railway A.K. Jain official said.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately clear, but it appeared that the pilot applied the emergency brakes, said Jain.
At least 21 people were killed and rescuers withdrew at least 100 injured passengers from the wreckage, said Brij Lal, an official State policy.
The site of the accident was a heap of twisted metal. At least coach flies above the roof of another person before him and was dangling precarious, showed images of television. Another coach was thrown out of the rest of the train.
The toll was probably increase as rescuers made their way through coaches and used gas cutters to cut the deformed metal, said Lal.
"We are trying to cut the coaches and rescue those still trapped inside," said Lal.
Medical staff rushed into the area, about 75 miles (120 km) southeast of Lucknow, the capital of the State of Uttar Pradesh.
Television stations showed local residents helping injured passengers from the train and breaking Windows coaches to help those who are trapped inside.
The number of passengers on the Kalka mail - named for its use in the postal service - was not known. Normally, express trains carry about 1,000 people and move at a speed of 60 to 80 miles (100-130 kilometres) per hour.
The derailment delayed several other trains, said responsible.
The India railway network is one of the largest in the world and carries approximately 14 million passengers per day. Accidents are common, with most blamed lack of maintenance and human error.
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