Train derailment kills over 100 in India

At least 100 people were killed in a train accident in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state.

More than 150 were injured in the incident, the BBC reports.

14 carriages of the Indore-Patna Express derailed just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the city of Kanpur.

Rescuers are still trying to reach the injured and recover the dead from the twisted carriages.

The cause of the crash near the village of Pukhrayan is not yet known.

Krishna Keshav, who was travelling on the train, told the BBC: “We woke with a jolt at around 3:00 a.m. Several coaches were derailed, everybody was in shock. I saw several bodies and injured people.”

Most of the victims were located in two carriages near the engine which overturned and were badly damaged.

By Sunday afternoon, rescue workers were still using heavy machinery to try to reach survivors.