KATHMANDU, June 17: At least 15 people were killed and scores others were injured when a freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India's West Bengal state on Monday, according to Indian media.
The local media quoting railway officials said that the accident occurred after the train crews disregarded the signal.
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Media showed images of the pile-up, with containers from the goods train strewn nearby, and one carriage left nearly vertical after the accident, which comes just over a year after a signaling error caused one of India's worst rail crashes, according to Reuters.
