36 killed as Hirakhand express derails

Kuneru (AP): At least 36 people were killed and over 60 injured as the engine and nine coaches of Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express jumped the tracks in Andhra Pradesh”s Vizianagaram district overnight with the railways suspecting sabotage behind the derailment, the third in as many months. The East Coast Railway put the death toll at 36 with the casualties expected to rise as many bodies were feared trapped in the mangled coaches of the train which derailed around 11 PM last night when it was on its way to Bhubaneswar from Jagdalpur.