Your trusted source

At least 127 people were killed and 200 more injured when a train derailed in northern India on Sunday. ABC reports referring to the local police.

As the Guardian reports, hundreds of people were trapped after 14 carriages of the express train, travelling from Indore to Patna, crumpled into one another as they came off the tracks on Sunday. The train derailed near the village of Purwa, about 40 miles (65km) from Kanpur.

The crash occurred at about 3 am when the majority of passengers were asleep. Most of the victims were in two carriages near the engine that overturned.

The impact was so strong that one of the coaches landed on top of another, crushing the one below.

A list of 67 people who died has been released, and police are expected to name more as bodies are identified. All the victims are Indian citizens. More than 200 injured people were given emergency medical help at the scene or taken to nearby hospitals.

Every day, more than 20 million Indians use the country’s heaving, out of date and poorly maintained railway system, the fourth largest in the world. Accidents on Indian trains are common and claim more than 25,000 lives a year, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.