印度警方調查火車脫軌致23人死亡事故

Police in India are investigating a passenger train derailment that killed 23 people Saturday.

Officials say at least six coaches of the Kalinga-Utkal Express derailed and hit each other in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Railway spokesman said the cause of the accident was not immediately known.

Local volunteers helped police free passengers who were trapped in the wreckage. Doctors at a local hospital say most of the injured are in stable condition.

The Kalinga-Utkal Express connects the northern Hindu holy city of Haridwar with the temple town of Puri in eastern India.印度警方正在調查星期六一列客運火車脫軌造成23人死亡的事故。

有關官員表示， 這列從印度東部奧里薩邦開往北部聖城哈里多瓦的特快列車在北方邦發生脫軌事故，共有至少六節車廂脫軌，脫軌的車廂相互擠壓。

印度鐵路發言人表示，尚不清楚事故原因。

當地志願者協助警察將被困在車廂內的乘客解救出來。當地一家醫院的醫生表示，大多數受傷乘客狀況穩定。

這條鐵路線連接印度北部印度教聖城哈里多瓦和印度東部的普瑞市。