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Utkal Express derails near UP's Muzaffarnagar: 23 dead, 156 injured

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said he was monitoring the situation closely and that restoration of tracks was his top priority.

By :  stephen dalton
Update: 2017-08-20 09:53 GMT
Coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train after it derailed in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: PTI)
People looking at the mangled coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train. (Photo: PTI)
A mangled coach of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train being hauled of the tracks by a crane, at the accident site in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: PTI)
The NDRF rescue team at the mangled coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train after it derailed in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)
An injured passenger of Haridwar- Puri Utkal express train, which got derailed, is being rescued in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: PTI)
Injured people are being attended at a hospital in Meerut after the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express derailed in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: PTI)
Coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train after it derailed in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)
A victim is being taken away for treatment as rescue operations continue at the accident site where coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train were derailed. (Photo: PTI)
Mangled coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express train after it derailed in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar (Photo: PTI)
Workers repair the track near the upturned coaches of the Kalinga-Utkal Express after it derailed in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: AP)
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said he was monitoring the situation closely and that restoration of tracks was his top priority.

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