5 Die in Train Crash
United Press International
CALCUTTA —
Five people were killed and 31 injured when a passenger train slammed into a moving locomotive near Calcutta’s main Howrah railway station Tuesday, officials said. Two coaches were derailed in the collision, and the front coach was dragged more than 200 yards by the locomotive.
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