Kanpur: Today, the death toll further raises to 96 after the derailment of 14 coaches of Patna-Indore express, which was previously 60. The horrible accident took place at around 3 am near Pukhrayan.
According to the Northern Central Railways spokesperson Vijay Kumar, “doctors and senior railway officials reached the spot soon after the accident and rescue operations were underway. The cause of the accident was not known immediately.”
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