In a major train accident, at least 5 passengers have been died and 34
injured after six coaches of 18477 Kalinga-Utkal Express derailed today
near Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.The accident took place around 5:46 pm
in Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar, about 100 kilometres from New Delhi. The
train was headed from Puri in Odisha to Haridwar in Uttarakhand, a
journey of about 36 hours. Television footage showed coaches piled on
top of others while one carriage crashed into a house on the side of the
tracks.
