Indian authorities wrapped up rescue operations in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday after a train derailed, killing at least six people, and injuring around 25.

The accident occurred around 6:30 am on Wednesday near Rae Bareli when several coaches of a New Delhi-bound train derailed, a National Disaster Management Authority official, Niraj Kumar told EFE. </s> At least five people were killed and 30 were injured on Wednesday when a passenger train derailed in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, media reported.

The crash happened in Harchandpur, located some 48 south of the state capital Lucknow.

Emergency rescue teams are currently at the site, according to reports.

Officials said the crash happened at about 6.05am on Wednesday morning (1.35am BST). </s> (Reuters) - At least five people died and 30 were injured on Wednesday when a passenger train derailed in Uttar Pradesh, media reported.

The accident took place in Harchandpur, located some 77 km (48 miles) south of the state capital Lucknow, Reuters partner ANI News said in a Tweet.

Emergency rescue teams are currently at the accident site, television reports said. </s> HARCHANDPUR, Oct 10 — At least five people died and 30 were injured this morning when a passenger train derailed in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, media reported.

The accident took place in Harchandpur, located some 77km south of the state capital Lucknow, Reuters partner ANI News said in a Tweet.

Emergency rescue teams are currently at the accident site, television reports said. — Reuters </s> Train derails in India killing about 20 people and injuring scores more

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A train has come off the tracks in northern India killing about 20 people and injuring scores more, as carriages slammed into each other.

Rescuers and local people worked into the night searching for survivors in the overturned and mangled carriages, some piled on top of each other.

The death toll in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh was expected to rise, officials said.

At least eight carriages derailed in the crash close to Muzaffarnagar, about 130 kilometres north of the capital New Delhi, as the train travelled towards the Hindu holy city of Haridwar, police said.

Train crashes are frequent in India, which has the world's fourth-largest rail network.

Poor investment in past decades in the vast network and rising demand means overcrowded trains are running on creaking infrastructure.

Saturday's accident is at least the fourth major passenger train derailment this year and the third in Uttar Pradesh in 2017.

A crash in November in Uttar Pradesh killed 150 people.

A senior police officer in the state, Anand Kumar, said close to 20 people had been killed and more than 80 injured.

The national authorities sent disaster teams to help.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a message on Twitter saying he was pained by the derailment of the Utkal Express, offering condolences to families of those killed and wishing a speedy recovery to the injured.

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RAEBARELI: At least five people died and 30 were injured on Wednesday when New Farakka Express derailed in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, media reported.



The accident took place in Harchandpur, located some 77 km (48 miles) south of the state capital Lucknow, Reuters partner ANI News said in a Tweet.

Emergency rescue teams are currently at the accident site, television reports said. </s> At least 23 people were killed and 81 others injured when a passenger train derailed in India on Saturday.

Six coaches of the train came off the tracks in the northern Uttar Pradesh state, near the town of Khatuli.

State official Arvind Kumar said two of the coaches had telescoped into one another, while four others toppled onto their sides. </s> At least 36 people have been killed and many others injured after a train derailed in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials say, reports BBC.

 Nine coaches and the engine left the tracks near Kuneru station in Vizianagaram district, the head of East Coast Railway, JP Mishra, said.

 Many people are still trapped in the wreckage and rescuers warn that the death toll could rise. It is not yet clear what caused the train to derail. The area where the accident occurred is known as a Maoist hotbed.

 Mr Mishra said the injured had been taken to two nearby hospitals. National railway spokesman Anil Saxena said emergency teams had worked through the night to try to locate survivors.

 The crash happened on Saturday evening as the train was on its way from Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha state.

 Train accidents are not unusual in India where much of the railway equipment is out of date.

 Last November, more than 140 people were killed in a derailment in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state.

 In March 2015 another accident in Uttar Pradesh killed 39 people and injured 150. </s> LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least 74 people were injured after a train derailed in Uttar Pradesh, the second train accident in the northern Indian state in the last three days, officials said Wednesday.

The Kafiyat Express derailed at 2:40 a.m. when a truck carrying sand for construction overturned on the tracks near Auraiya town.

Senior state government official Arvind Kumar said the train driver was forced to brake and the impact caused eight coaches and the engine to go off the rails.

On Sunday, 23 people were killed after 14 coaches of a train derailed in a different part of the state. An investigation has been ordered into that accident.

Accidents are relatively common on India’s huge but badly maintained railway network. The government-run rail network operates 9,000 passenger trains and carries some 23 million passengers every day but safety has been a concern amid a spate of accidents.
At least five people died and 30 were injured when a passenger train derailed in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.