At least 30 people were killed and another 50 were injured after a passenger train derailed in India on Friday.
CNN noted that Neeraj Sharma, chief public relations officer for the Northern Railway said that the train, bound for Varanasi, overshot a stop which caused two coaches and the locomotive to derail.
Emergency workers arrived on the scene and were using gas cutters to get through the metal and debris to pull people out. The AFP reported that so far rescue crews were able to free about 50 people from the wreckage, but found 30 more bodies of those already deceased.
Local media reports have said that one of the coach cars was crushed on impact, but it was apparently empty at the time of the accident. Had it not been for that vacant car the death toll would have been much higher.
Unfortunately, train accidents like this are not uncommon in India. The country’s railway system is one of the world’s largest, but are poorly maintained and have a number of safety issues.