More than 60 killed in India train crash

[Elmore Furth]

Source: MSNBC

CALCUTTA, India — A speeding express train plowed into a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing 61 people in a crash so powerful it sent the roof of one car flying onto an overpass. Officials said they could not rule out sabotage.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who rushed to the site, raised the possibility the crash could have been another case of sabotage, two months after Maoist rebels were blamed for a derailment that killed 145 people.

The crash happened about 2 a.m. when the Uttarbanga Express slammed into the Vananchal Express as it left the platform at Sainthia station, about 125 miles north of Calcutta.

The accident destroyed two passenger cars and a luggage car, turning them into a tangle of twisted metal. The passenger cars were reserved for those on the cheapest tickets and such carriages are usually packed to capacity.



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[Robb]

1. Och. Those pictures.

...If you've ever been on a train outside of the US and Europe, you know how amazingly full it can get in the cheap seats. It's usually all kids on the roof. :(

[David__77]

2. It COULD be sabotage.

But I doubt it was an act centrally-planned by the Maoists. There has been a lot of violence and contention in that state in recent months, so a small group could have done such a thing, however.