At least 115 killed as train derails in northern India

PUKHRAYAN, India – Rescuers worked through the night to pull people out of mangled coaches after an overnight passenger train derailed early Sunday in northern India, killing at least 115 people, police said.

The death toll was expected to rise because rescue workers had yet to gain access to one of the worst-damaged of the 14 coaches that derailed, said Daljeet Chaudhary, a director general of police. About 150 people were injured, he said.

The train derailed about 3:10 a.m., jolting awake passengers who had settled in for the long trip.

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