Deadly train accident occurred in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Sunday, July 10, 2011. As a result of the incident, at least 69 people were killed and 196 others wounded. The number of casualties was unknown after the rescue team under the leadership of the Indian Army to search the victim during the night.
Kalka Mail train length of 13 carriages that unlucky derailed near the town of Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, according to the agency's spokesman railways of India, Anil Kumar, as quoted by the CNN page. When an accident occurs, the train was en route from Howrah, a small town near Kolkata to Kalka at the foot of the Himalayan mountains. In the Indian television news broadcasts, shown with a broken train carriages with broken glass, and victims are scattered around the scene in a pathetic state. Some victims even still stuck in the train wreck. Rescue teams consisting of 108 Indian Army personnel to search all night. They came to require a metal cutter to remove the bodies of victims caught the train. Among the victims were killed, there were two Swedish citizen, identified as Victor and Wick. Their countrymen, Oscar, seriously wounded. The wounded get immediate treatment at a hospital in the town of Fatehpur, Kanpur and Lucknow. A total of 150 victims suffered broken bones and severe injuries, some even have to be amputated. Victims who suffered the most severe injuries were flown using military helicopters to Lucknow and Allahabad. Although finally get treatment, the victims complained about the help that was late. One of the victims were seriously injured said they had to wait for about two hours before help arrived. The exact cause of the accident is still unknown until now. However, based on a newspaper report, the accident occurred after a train driver who saw a calf standing in the middle cash rail train brakes was driving at high speed, and there was the accident. Trains in India every day to transport hundreds, even thousands of passengers.Unfortunately, the large number of passengers is inversely proportional to the mode of transportation security conditions. Kalka Mail tragedy is touted as the biggest tragedy in the Indian railway throughout 2011.
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