Multiple casualties in north India train derailment

Six people were killed and 40 others injured when three coaches of a train derailed in Uttar Pradesh, northern India. The injured people have been admitted to nearby hospitals.
Conflicting reports suggest there are more fatalities from the derailment than officially stated.

. Several people are also feared trapped in the wreckage, and rescue workers, along with villagers, have been trying to locate and rescue them.
The Janta express train 1422 was traveling from Dehradun to Varanasi. “One engine and two coaches have been derailed,” according to Chief PR officer Neeraj Sharma, as quoted by IBN media outlet. wo lakh rupees (about $3,000) would be provided to the families of those killed, while 50,000 rupees (about $800) would be given to relatives of those injured in the derailment, according to a statement from the office of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The cause of the derailment remains unknown, but authorities suspect that the brakes of the engine failed, International Business Times reported