India Train: Rescuers Comb Through Mangled Wreckage

Rescue works continue at the site of an accident where coaches of an Indore-Patna Express train derailed off the tracks, near Pukhrayan area, in Kanpur, India, 21 November 2016.

Rescuers are combing through mangled wreckage after a train derailed in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state.

At least 133 people died when the Indore-Patna Express came off the rails at 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday), near the city of Kanpur.
The death toll could rise further as rescuers continue work, and with many of the injured in critical conditions.
The cause of the crash is not known, although reports said a fractured rail could be to blame.
Train accidents are fairly common in India, where much of the rail infrastructure and rolling stock is out of date.
Early on Monday the railway ministry published a list of names of injured passengers. Out of the 180 listed, 56 were said to be "grievously injured"
Rescue workers search for survivors in the wreckage of a derailed train near Pukhrayan in Kanpur district on November 20, 2016

Rescue workers search for survivors in the wreckage of a derailed train near Pukhrayan in Kanpur district on November 20, 2016

Hundreds are taking part in the rescue operation, using machines to cut through the mangled metal or using their bare hands to remove the debris, as police hold back curious onlookers from nearby villages.
Two carriages are completely smashed up beyond recognition. Several other carriages are hanging off the tracks precariously.
Personal effects of passengers - bags, clothes, water bottles - are strewn all over the place. I can see a woman's red dress hanging off the roof of a carriage.
Officials are saying that those still trapped in the wreckage are probably dead by now.
There are two giant cranes trying to remove carriages that have already been cleared of bodies, but it's proving difficult because they're badly damaged. I saw one carriage that was being lifted up suddenly fall to the ground - the crane could not handle it properly. The derailment had the strongest impact on the first two carriages of the train, which crashed into each other and overturned. Most of the victims were located in these carriages. Rescuers work at the site after 14 coaches of an overnight passenger train rolled off the track near Pukhrayan village in Kanpur Dehat district of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, 21 November 2016

Rescuers work at the site after 14 coaches of an overnight passenger train rolled off the track near Pukhrayan village in Kanpur Dehat district of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, 21 November 2016

According to the Indian Express the carriages were outdated. The report said the government had promised earlier this year to upgrade all trains.
The train may have also been carrying far more passengers that it was supposed to, reports said.
Although the official number of passengers was about 1,200, the Times of India said as many as another 500 could have been on the train without tickets, citing unnamed railway officials as sources.
Survivors, most of whom were sleeping at the time of the crash, described horrific scenes.
Rescue works continue at the site of an accident where coaches of an Indore-Patna Express train derailed off the tracks, near Pukhrayan area, in Kanpur, India, 21 November 2016.