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West Bengal Train Collision

Published on: July 19, 2010 0:00 IST
Relatives of victims break down outside a hospital in Birbhum district of West Bengal state, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train plowed into a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing scores of people in a crash so powerful it sent the roof of one car flying onto an overpass. Officials said they could not rule out sabotage. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT
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Relatives of victims break down outside a hospital in Birbhum district of West Bengal state, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train plowed into a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing scores of people in a crash so powerful it sent the roof of one car flying onto an overpass. Officials said they could not rule out sabotage. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT
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Indian rescue workers take out the body of the driver of the Uttarbanga Express at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. The speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Indians and rescue workers gather at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo)
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A man pastes photographs of dead and injured passengers, at a hospital in Birbhum district of West Bengal state, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train plowed into a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing scores of people in a crash so powerful it sent the roof of one car flying onto an overpass. Officials said they could not rule out sabotage. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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The Uttarbanga Express train driver is trapped inside the locomotive at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a stationary train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Local residents watch as rescue workers search for survivors at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Local residents gather at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Indian rescue workers take out the body of the driver of the Uttarbanga Express at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. The speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Indians and rescue workers gather at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo)
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Indians and rescue workers gather at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo)
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Indians and rescue workers gather at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo)
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Indians and rescue workers gather at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo)