Train collision in India, 61 Killed

Indians re-created mourned by a train wreck.

Yesterday (19 sevenths) expressed at least 61 people were killed and 165 were injured because of violent collisions in two railroad stations in Sainthia, Birbhum district, 260 kilometers north of the state of West Bengal.

The accident occurred at 02:00 local time at around 3:30 pm. At that time, passenger trains Vananchal Ranchi-Bhagalpur Express majors still stopped at the platform number 4. Suddenly, the incoming Uttarbanga New Cooch Behar majors Express-Howrah, also on the platform number four, with a high speed.

Direct Express Uttarbanga snout thrust buttocks Vananchal Express. The collision was so powerful that a locomotive Uttarbanga smithereens. Three carriages Vananchal-two passenger carriages, freight cars and one bounced off and stuck directly on the overpass above the station.

Several passengers recalled the moments before the crash and the panic occurs. ''I'm asleep when the collision occurred, sounded like an explosion,''the light of a passenger told the Times Now news channel.

Another passenger survived, Rajni Dhar, testified hearing the explosion and suddenly the dark unconscious. ''When I realized I was screaming for help and then withdrawn from the wagon train,''he said as quoted by Agence France-Presse.

Most of those killed was a passenger in the rear compartment. That is the carriage with the cheapest tickets. Chair can not be booked in advance and it is definitely the most crowded passenger.

About the accident, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has denied the possibility of sabotage. He announced it will provide compensation of USD 500 thousand (USD 96 million) for the families of the victims died and INR 100 thousand (USD 19 million).

Civil Defence Minister Srikumar Mukherjee, West Bengal also stated there was no evidence of intent. ''This tragic accident occurred due to negligence of the railway workers,''Mukherjee said at the scene.

Mukherjee said that 89 among the 165 injured were in critical condition. A large number of casualties makes hospital in Sainthia and Suri was not able to accommodate patients. Some victims wound''moaned in pain and just laid on the floor of the emergency room unattended,''Samir Nandy light that comes into the hospital to find his brother in law told AFP.

Train accident yesterday (19 / 7) is the second time in West Bengal in less than two months. In May, nearly 150 people were killed when a fast train from Kolkata came out majoring in Mumbai rail and into the future rail line. Police said, some tracks have been cut deliberately. The authorities added that Maoist rebels were behind the sabotage.