49 killed as trains collide at station
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INDIA: A speeding express train has struck a passenger train at a station in eastern India, killing at least 49 people.
The crash happened when the Uttarbanga Express hit the Bananchal Express as it left the platform at Sainthia station, about 125 miles north of Calcutta.
The collision destroyed two passenger cars and a luggage car.
The passenger carriages were reserved for those on the cheapest tickets and such carriages are usually packed to capacity.
The force of the crash was so intense the roof of one carriage landed on an overpass above the tracks.
Local residents climbing through the debris searching for survivors were later joined by rescue workers using heavy equipment to cut through the metal.
Rescuers recovered 49 bodies from the crash site and about 100 other people were injured.
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