NEW DELHI: A passenger train derailed in western India on Sunday, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 100 as rescue workers raced to free those still trapped, a police official said.
The train's engine and four of its carriages jumped the tracks in the western state of Maharashtra 110 kilometres (70 miles) south of Mumbai, police control room official Ramchandra Kamre told AFP in Raigad district, where the accident occurred.
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