July 30, 2024
Two dead and 20 injured in train derailment in India
An Indian passenger train derailed and several of its carriages overturned on Tuesday, killing at least two people and injuring 20 others. India’s extensive rail network is the main form of travel in the vast country, but it is poorly funded and fatal accidents occur frequently. The Howrah-Mumbai Express derailed near Jamshedpur in the eastern state of Jharkhand before dawn. “At least two people were killed and 20 injured,” Indian Railways spokesman Om Prakas Saran told AFP. The accident happened around the same time that an oncoming freight train derailed, possibly colliding with the passing passenger train. “There was another


