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Update: 40 injured in train derailment in S. India

Xinhua, February 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least 40 people were injured when a passenger train derailed early Friday in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said.

The passengers of the Bangalore-bound Kanyakumari-Bangalore City Express were injured after its four coaches derailed in Vellore district, around 170 km from the state capital Chennai, the Indo-Asian News Service quoted the police as saying.

The Southern Railway of India also said in a statement that the coaches derailed at 4:15 a.m. local time.

The affected passengers were sent to Bangalore in neighboring by Karnataka state by buses and a special train.

As a result of chaos caused by the accident, 11 trains in the region have been cancelled.

The injured in the accident have been taken to hospitals while medical emergency services were also sent to the location.

TV footages showed that some of the coaches of the train lay turtle or up-side-down off the track. The cause of the incident is not known yet.

Train derailments take place from time to time in India. Endit