Kalka Mail accident: Toll rises to 68,rescue operations still on

“68 bodies have been recovered so far. 259 people are undergoing treatment at a hospital here,” Fatehpur Superintendent of Police Ram Bharose said. The deceased include 14 women.

Sandeep Mathur,Chief Public Relations Officer of North Central Railway,said in Allahabad that two Swedish nationals were among the dead.

While one Swedish national has been identified as Wick from the statement of his injured compatriot Oscar,who was also travelling with him,the identity of the other is yet to be ascertained.

The derailment took place at 12.20 pm on Sunday when the packed train from Howrah reached near Malwa station,nearly 120 kms from Lucknow. The train was moving at a speed of 108 km/hour.

Rescue operations continued through the night to extricate the trapped passengers and bodies from the badly damaged AC and other compartments.

A special train that left Kanpur carrying 167 passengers of the ill-fated train reached New Delhi this morning.