NEW DELHI, Jan 14 At least nine people were killed and more than 70 were injured in the descent 12 carriages of a passenger train in India, Anshul Gupta, director general of the North Eastern Frontier Railway, said. Three deaths were previously reported. The train derailment occurred in the state of West Bengal the day before. As a result of the «unknown jerk», 12 cars of the train derailed or collided with each other, two of them overturned. «Nine people died, about 70 were injured,» Gupta told News18 TV channel. an investigation is underway. The train was carrying 1,053 passengers at the time of the incident, he said. Earlier, the Minister of Railways of India said that the country's authorities will pay Rs 500,000 to the families of the dead, Rs 100,000 to people with severe injuries and Rs 25,000 to people with minor injuries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the situation in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee.
