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Several die in train crash in India

Published:Wednesday | October 21, 2009 | 8:37 AM

Several passengers were killed after two trains collided in northern India.

The Goa Express trains, apparently running on the same track, slammed into the Mewar about 5:30 this morning India time in Mathura.



A senior police official was reported by the CNN as saying at least five bodies had been from been pulled from a wreckage.



Officials say it was not clear how many passengers were trapped in the wreckage but rescue operations have begun and about six people had been taken to hospital.