India: Train derails, at least 11 people killed

At least 11 people were killed on February 13 after a train derailed in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

According to BBC, Indian railway officials said the train from Bangalore to Ernakulam left at 6am (local time) and the accident happened about 90 minutes later.

Accident scene (Photo BBC)

“I was dozing off when I heard screams and people started jumping out of the train,” said Vinay, who works for a software company.“I tried to get out of the train through the emergency exit window but there was so much smoke that we had to jump out of the train,” Viany continued.

In recent years, there have been dozens of accidents in India that have killed hundreds of people.

In December 2014, 12 people were killed after two passenger trains collided in Uttar Pradesh state.

Previously, in May 2014, 23 people died after a passenger train derailed and crashed into a freight train in the same state of Uttar Pradesh./.

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