119 killed, 150 injured in Indian train crash

Not fewer than 119 people were killed and 150 others injured, when an Indian express train derailed in northern state of Uttar Pradesh. More disturbing is the fact that the toll was expected to rise even further amid a scramble to locate survivors.

Police said people were still missing as authorities tried to ascertain what caused 14 carriages of the train traveling between the northeastern city of Patna and the central city of Indore to suddenly roll off the tracks in Pukhrayan, 65 kilometer south of Kanpur city. Authorities said they were checking the condition of the tracks but would need to look further before concluding the cause of the derailment, Indians deadliest rail tragedy since more than 140 died in a 2010 collision in West Bengal.

Despite survivors searched for family members and some tried to enter the damaged carriages to rescue relatives and collect belongings, said senior railway official Pratap Rai.

"We are using every tactic to save lives but its very difficult to cut the metal carriages" he said.