local media and officials say At least four people were killed and several others injured when an express train derailed in the Indian state of Bihar.
The train from Anand Vihar Terminal railway station in Delhi came off the rails late yesterday night as it raced to the Kamakhya Junction in Assam, with four casualties confirmed and rescue operation is under way.
general manager of the East Central Railway, Tarun Prakash, said twenty-one coaches have derailed with the cause of the derailment not immediately known.
India’s Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said on social media that rescue operations at the site of the derailment were now complete, expressing his deepest condolences for the irreparable loss, while promising to investigate the remote cause of the accident.
In June, India experienced its worst train crash in two decades in Odisha, which resulted in the death of at least 288 people
