At least 23 people have died and over 40 injured after 14 coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh this evening.

The accident took place around 5.46 pm in Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar, barely 100 kilometres from the national capital, New Delhi. The train was headed from Puri in Odisha to Haridwar in Uttarakhand. One coach rammed into a house on the sides of the tracks and two coaches climbed one over the other.
Forty people, many women and children have been admitted to nearby medical hospitals for treatment. The train had left Puri at 9 pm on Friday night and was to terminate at Haridwar at 9 pm. Cutters and cranes have been requisitioned to cut the mangled remains of the coaches and rescue people from inside.

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