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2 killed in train derailment in S. India

Xinhua, September 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least two persons were killed and eight others injured when nine coaches of a Mumbai- bound train derailed near Kalburgi in the southern Indian state Karnataka early on Saturday, local media reported.

The incident took place at Martur village station, some 20 km from Kalburgi, according to the Press Trust of India.

Nine coaches of the train derailed between 02:15 and 02:20 a.m. local time and rescue operations are still going on while the injured have been rushed to hospital. Endi