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49 people killed as trains collide in east India

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A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at a station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing at least 49 people, railway police said.

 

The crash happened about 2 am when the Uttarbanga Express slammed into the stationary Bananchal Express as it left the platform at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta. (AP)

 

 

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