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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 05:02 AM
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50 dead, 250 injured in Indian train crash
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/50-dead-250-injured-in-Indian-train-crash/2004/12/14/1102787076287.html?oneclick=true

Two passenger trains collided in northern India today, killing up to 50 people and injuring more than 250.

The Jammu Tawi express crashed into a local train in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab around noon (5.30pm AEDT), a police officer said.

"The information we have is that 25 to 30 people are dead and more than 250 injured," a spokesman at the Punjab police chief's office said.

"We are removing bodies from the coaches. The toll may go up," he said.

Agence France-Presse said 50 people were killed and about 150 were injured. The agency quoted Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on the figures.
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Fiona Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 05:17 AM
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1. Good Lord
how did they collide? Aren't they on different tracks?
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 05:23 AM
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2. fog?
at this point they are blaming it on fog.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 06:05 AM
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3. sad
:cry:
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