Seven killed as Indian passenger and goods trains collide

Onlookers watch as rescuers work after a cargo train rammed into Kanchanjunga Express, a passenger train, near New Jalpaiguri station, West Bengal state on June 17, 2024. - AP

KOLKATA: At least seven people were killed when an express passenger train and a goods train collided Monday (June 17) in India's West Bengal state, derailing three passenger carriages, police said.

Images on Indian broadcasters showed the tangled wreckage of carriages flipped on their side, and one thrust high into the air precariously balanced on another.