Four trains collided Saturday in two separate accidents caused
by dense winter fog in northern India, killing 10 people and injuring 47
others, police and railway officials said.
The first accident took place near the
town of Etawah, about 170 miles (270 kilometers) southwest of Lucknow,
the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, when a train entering a station
rammed another train that had stopped there. Ten people, including the
driver of one of the trains, were injured, according to Brij Lal, a
senior police official.
A second similar accident occurred near
Kanpur, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Lucknow, and left
10 people dead and 37 others injured, some seriously, Lal said.
“Both these accidents were due to dense
fog,” said railway official N.K. Srivastava. He said the trains were
traveling at low speeds in both accidents.
Fog, which is a usual winter occurrence
across northern India, has disrupted railway schedules across Uttar
Pradesh, Srivastava said.
Fog also delayed dozens of domestic and
international flights in and out of New Delhi, the Press Trust of India
news agency reported.
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