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A passenger train derailed Thursday in India\u2019s northern state of Uttar Pradesh and medics were dispatched to the site, a local medical officer said, with footage of the accident showing several overturned carriages.\n<\/p>\n
The Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed in Gonda district, near the Hindu holy city of Ayodhya, at around 2:30 pm (0900 GMT), Indian media reported.\n<\/p>\n
Chief Medical Superintendent of Gonda District Hospital, Anil Kumar Tiwari, told AFP that a team of medics had been rushed to the accident site.\n<\/p>\n
India\u2019s railway network remains the main form of travel in the vast country, but it is poorly funded and deadly accidents often occur.<\/p>\n
<\/amp-video-iframe><\/p>\nLast year nearly 300 people were killed when a passenger train collided with a stationary goods train, with the derailed compartments then striking another fast-moving passenger service. https:\/\/punchng.com\/over-280-dead-hundreds-wounded-in-india-train-crash\/\n<\/p>\n
India\u2019s worst-ever rail accident occurred in 1981, when a cyclone blew a train off its tracks and into a river in the state of Bihar, leaving 800 dead and more than 100 injured.\n<\/p>\n
At least seven people were killed when an express passenger train and a goods train collided in June in India\u2019s West Bengal state, derailing three passenger carriages, police said. https:\/\/punchng.com\/seven-die-in-indian-train-crash\/<\/p>\n
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