Death Toll Hits 105 as Train Rescue Continues
From Times Wire Reports
Rescue workers used cranes and blowtorches to rip apart the wreckage of a luxury train as they continued to search for survivors two days after the Rajdhani Express jumped the tracks at 80 mph and killed at least 105 people.
The train, carrying 535 passengers and 70 crew from Calcutta to New Delhi, derailed at a bridge Monday 40 miles south of Patna in Bihar state. Several cars fell into the Dhave River, and two cars dangled from the bridge.
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