At least 11 killed as passenger train collides with cargo train in India

A passenger train has crashed into a cargo train in central India, killing at least 11 people.

The local passenger train hit the cargo train from behind near the city of Bilaspur, about 115 kilometres (70 miles) northeast of Chhattisgarh’s state capital of Raipur on Tuesday night, senior government official Sanjay Agarwal told The Associated Press. One of the passenger carriages ended up on top of a wagon from the cargo train, Agarwal added.

The rescue team brought the carriage down to the ground after hours of work and used iron cutters to cut it open, finding another three dead bodies, he said.

The rescue and recovery operation ended early Wednesday, and movement of trains through the accident site has resumed, the official said.

Among those declared dead was the driver of the passen