10 killed, 48 hurt in three train accidents in Uttar Pradesh

10 killed, 48 hurt in three train accidents in Uttar Pradesh

Mangalore Today

Kanpur, Jan.02: At least 10 people were killed and 48 injured, many seriously, in three train accidents in Uttar Pradesh on a fog-hit Saturday morning, officials said.

 

The accidents took place in Kanpur, Etawah and Allahabad districts.

All the deaths occurred in the Kanpur accident where the Gorakhdham Express collided with the stationary Prayagraj Express near Panki railway station around 9 a.m., some 90 km from Lucknow.

Both Kanpur Deputy Inspector General B.P. Jogdand and railway officials told IANS that eight women and two men died in the horrific crash. Nineteen passengers suffered serious and 24 others simple injuries, the officials said.

’The injured have been admitted to hospitals in Kanpur,’ Jogdand added.

Five of the dead were identified as Usha Rai, Urmila Rai, Krishna Kumari, Shivanand and Kaushalya Devi.

The impact of the collision badly damaged three coaches of the Prayagraj Express, which was headed for Allahabad from New Delhi. The Gorakhdham Express was running between New Delhi and Gorakhpur.

The death toll was also confirmed by railway officials in New Delhi.