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At least nine people were killed and dozens of others injured after a cargo train collided with a passenger train in eastern India on Monday, according to authorities, as a top official ordered a major emergency response.. ..
The Kanchenjunga Express, which runs betweenthe city of Kolkata and Silchar in northeastern Assam state, was struck by a freight train south of the city of Siliguri, according to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.. . Disaster teams have rushed to the crash location, which lies below the foothills that lead to Darjeeling, a popular mountain tourist destination famous for its tea plantations and stunning Himalayan views.. ..
Local media pictures and video footagefrom the scene showed at least one train car on its side, parts of it crushed into a mass of twisted metal..
A total of 52 patients have been admitted to the hospital, he added.. . Banerjee wrote on X that doctors, ambulances and disaster teams have been rushed to the site for rescue, recovery, medical assistance.. . Action on war-footing initiated, she added.. . Live images from the site of the crash streamed live by local news channel TV 9 showed people gathered outside the carriages, some filming on their phones.. ..
The crash comes more than a year after India experienced one of the worst train disasters in the countrys history, when more than 280 people were killed in a three-way collision involving two passenger trains and a freight train in eastern Odisha state.. ..
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