Two Britons killed as train goes off track in north India
Two British tourists have been killed in a train derailment in northern India, hours after a similar accident in the south of the country left two passengers dead.
Police said Saturday that a train, which was carrying a group of 37 British tourists and a few Indian crew members, derailed in Himachal Pradesh state.
“Two British nationals have been killed. Another (Briton) is seriously injured,” S.Z.H Zaidi, a senior police official said. Other sources said both the dead were women, without elaborating.
According to the Indian media, the train derailed due to high speed which forced at least three carriages off the track.
Neeraj Sharma, a railway official, said the couches derailed as the train rounded a curve.
The special chartered service was travelling on the Kalka-Shimla railway, a major tourist highlight in Himachal Pradesh, which is known for its tiny route and a collection of 103 tunnels.
Thousands of tourists from both India and abroad visit the 96-kilometer (60-mile) railway each year. Britons are especially interested in seeing the scenic route, as it ends in Shimla, the former summer capital of India during British rule.
An investigation was swiftly launched by India’s Railway Ministry, while reports said that another train with nine carriages derailed in Gulbarga Karnataka state.
India has one of the largest railway networks in the world with an estimated 23 million people using the service each day.
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