India train crash in pictures

Hundreds of people stand next to the overturned carriages in northern IndiaEPA

The accident involving the Indore-Patna Express took place just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the city of Kanpur in northern India.

Locals look at the wreck on the derailed trainKrishna Keshav

Fourteen carriages of the express train came off the tracks, killing about 100 people and injuring another 150, according to police.

Indian rescue workers search for survivors in the wreckage of a train that derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur districtAFP

"We woke up to a great thud this morning. It was pitch dark and the noise was deafening," one survivor told reporters.

Women stand guard by one of the overturned carriagesEPA

India's railway minister is on his way to the crash site. It is unclear what caused the train to jump the tracks and an investigation has been ordered.

People look at the wreck on the train which came off the tracks in IndiaKrishna Keshav

Krishna Keshav, who was travelling on the train, told the BBC he saw several bodies.

A picture showing the train split in two with people surrounding itEPA

Daljeet Chaudhary, a director general of police, said the death toll was likely to rise as rescue workers were yet to gain access to some of the most badly damaged coaches.

Rescuers pick their way through the remains of the train in the darkKrishna Keshav

Rescuers used gas cutters to try to free the people trapped in three of the carriages, which had crumpled with the force.

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