The crash occurred at about 1:30 a.m railway spokesman Anil Kumar Saxena said.
At least 73 bodies have been pulled out of the mangled wreckage where two trains crashed in eastern India early Friday in an incident authorities linked to Maoist rebels.
By Friday night, hours after the massive collision, prospects were getting dim for anybody else left in the wreckage of crushed train cars, rescuers said.
Also about 115 passengers were injured when 13 cars of the Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Express derailed, capsized on a parallel track and were slammed by a cargo train, authorities said.
Indian officials gave different theories about the derailment.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said a bomb explosion caused the passenger train to jump rails.
"It appears to be a case of sabotage where a portion of the railway track was removed. Whether explosives were used is not yet clear," Home Minister P. Chidambaram said
Opinion: This is a very tragic incident and I think its sad that the India Government has not decided what has happened yet, I don’t know if it’s a cover up or if it really has been bombed by rebels. Indian officials say that 900 people have been killed in the past year from rebel attacks.
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At least 73 bodies have been pulled out of the mangled wreckage where two trains crashed in eastern India early Friday in an incident authorities linked to Maoist rebels.
By Friday night, hours after the massive collision, prospects were getting dim for anybody else left in the wreckage of crushed train cars, rescuers said.
Also about 115 passengers were injured when 13 cars of the Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Express derailed, capsized on a parallel track and were slammed by a cargo train, authorities said.
Indian officials gave different theories about the derailment.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said a bomb explosion caused the passenger train to jump rails.
"It appears to be a case of sabotage where a portion of the railway track was removed. Whether explosives were used is not yet clear," Home Minister P. Chidambaram said
Opinion: This is a very tragic incident and I think its sad that the India Government has not decided what has happened yet, I don’t know if it’s a cover up or if it really has been bombed by rebels. Indian officials say that 900 people have been killed in the past year from rebel attacks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704269204575271302155571546.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_World
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