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Baku, November 20 AZERTAC
The death toll following the derailment of a train in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state has now passed 100, with more than 150 injured, BBC reports.
Fourteen carriages of the Indore-Patna Express derailed just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the city of Kanpur.
Rescuers are still trying to reach the injured and recover the dead from the twisted carriages.
The cause of the crash near the village of Pukhrayan is not yet known.
Krishna Keshav, who was travelling on the train, told the BBC: "We woke with a jolt at around 3am. Several coaches were derailed, everybody was in shock. I saw several bodies and injured people."
Most of the victims were located in two carriages near the engine which overturned and were badly damaged.
AZERTAG.AZ :India train crash: 100 killed in derailment near Kanpur
