New Delhi : Rescuers found four bodies overnight as they cleared the 12 mangled coaches of a train that derailed in India’s West Bengal state, raising the death toll to nine, a railroad official said Friday.
At least 45 people were injured in the accident on Thursday as the coaches went off the rails and three capsized, said Rajiv Jain, a railroad ministry spokesman.
The rescue work was completed and the track was being cleared to restore train services in the region, Jain said.
The train was on its way to Gauhati in Assam state from Bikaner, a city in Rajasthan state, when the accident occurred in Jalpaiguri district.
Senior railway official Guneet Kaur said the cause of the accident was being investigated. She said the government would provide financial compensation to families of the deceased and all of the injured.
