Another train derails in UP

Lucknow/New Delhi: At least 100 people were injured when 12 coaches of the Kaifiyat Express derailed on Wednesday morning in Auraiya district in the second such accident in UP in 5 days.

The incident took place when the New Delhi-bound train from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh hit a dumper which had overturned on the rail tracks between Achalda and Pata stations around 2.40 am, a railway official said.

Four of the passengers suffered serious head injuries and were rushed to a hospital in Etawah, police said. They remained in critical condition till evening.

The dumper was ferrying sand for a dedicated railway freight corridor running parallel to the track, Inspector General of Police (Kanpur Zone) Alok Singh said. But officials in Delhi disputed this version. "The train hit an unknown dumper. The dumper does not belong to the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp of India Ltd or its contractor," its Deputy General Manager Rajesh Khare said.

Besides the engine, 12 coaches of the train ran off the tracks including five air-conditioned coaches, two sleeper coaches, four general class coaches and a Seating-cum-Luggage Rake. One of the coaches overturned because of the impact of the crash.