India train accident

This item appears on page 19 of the May 2015 issue.

A train derailment in the town of Bachhrawan, in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, killed at least 58 people and injured dozens of others on March 20. 

The train operator reported that the brakes failed when he attempted to slow the train down while approaching the Bachhrawan station. The assistant station agent was able to put the train onto a loop, but it eventually jumped the tracks.