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Andhra's Hirakhand Express derailed killing 39, injuring 60

Seven coaches of the train went off the tracks around midnight Saturday, some landing on a goods train that was on a parallel track.

By :  arka sengupta
Update: 2017-01-22 07:29 GMT
In one of the major railway accident of the country, Odisha-bound Hirakhand Express derailed on Saturday night in Kuneru of Komarada mandal, Andhra Pradesh, killing 36 and injuring 60. (Photo: PN Murthy)
Nearly 100 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force have reached the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derailment site. In the photo, The rescue teams retrieve the dead bodies from the train on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: PN Murthy)
Dead bodies were buried amid the remains of crashed bogies of Hirakhand express. (Photo: PN Murthy)
Full picture of Hirakhand derailment at Kuneru station near Parvathipuram of Vizianagaram district on Saturday midnight
As many as 60 injured passengers been admitted in hospitals in Visakhapatnam and Parvatiparam in Andhra Pradesh and Rayagada in Odisha.
Injured being treated at Rayagada District Headquarters Government Hospital on Sunday. (Photo: Murali Krishna)
Nine coaches of the 22-coach Hirakhand Express were seriously damaged when the train at about 11 pm on Saturday got derailed and hit a stationary goods train standing on the adjacent track. (Photo: Murali Krishna)
Relatives of the deceased weep outside the Rayagada District Headquarters Government Hospital on Sunday, following the Hirakand Express train mishap leaving 39 people dead, near Koneru in Vizianagaram District late night on Saturday. (Photo: Murali Krishna)
Rescuers carry the covered body of a victim after a passenger train derailed.
Seven coaches of the train went off the tracks around midnight Saturday, some landing on a goods train that was on a parallel track.

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