Sunday, May 30, 2010

India train crash toll rises to 145



Normal rail services resumed across an eastern Indian state today, two days after a train accident blamed on Maoist rebels that killed 145 people, officials said. Thirteen carriages of a high-speed passenger train derailed and then were hit by an oncoming cargo train in West Bengal state early on Friday. Police accuse the rebels of sabotaging the tracks. The death toll climbed to 145 today, said Police Inspector General Surojit Kar...

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