STORY: ::Two trains collide in eastern India, killing over a dozen people
::Authorities blamed the crash on a disregarded signal
::June 17, 2024
::Darjeeling, India
Media showed images of the pile-up, with containers from the goods train strewn nearby, and one carriage left nearly vertical after the accident.
At least 15 bodies have been pulled from the mangled carriages, Abhishek Roy, a senior police official in the eastern state's district of Darjeeling, the site of the accident, told Reuters.
Nearly 30 people were injured and rescue teams from the police and national disaster response force were working with doctors and residents of the area to clear debris from the derailed carriages, Roy added.
The goods train hit the Kanchanjunga Express traveling to Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, from the northeastern state of Tripura, driving three carriages of the passenger train off the rails.
It was not immediately clear how many passengers were on board at the time.
