Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Deadly Train Collision in India


More than 60 killed and several injured in the train crash on 19.7.2010.

Indian rescue personnel hunt for survivors in the wreckage of a train in eastern India on Monday July 19. Dozens were killed after the Uttarebanga Express slammed into the stationary Vananchal Express as it left the platform at Sainthia station.



Indian rescue personnel work inside the mangled train.




Photos of injured people are put displayed so their relatives can identify them at the city hospital near the Sainthia station in West Bengal's Birbhum district.



A crane lifts a damaged carriage at the scene of the accident in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The collision destroyed two passenger cars and a luggage car, turning them into a tangle of twisted metal.



Indian rescue personnel work at the site of a train accident in Sainthia.



Indians walk by the wreck of a train that collided with another outside the Sainthia station.



Soldiers and onlookers gather near the wreckage of the train collision. While officials suspected possible sabotage, accidents are common on India's sprawling rail network.