At Least 8 Dead After Trains Collided in Eastern India in Tourist Hotspot

At Least 8 Dead After Trains Collided in Eastern India in Tourist Hotspot
Onlookers watch as rescuers work after a cargo train rammed into Kanchanjunga Express, a passenger train, near New Jalpaiguri station, West Bengal state, India, on June 17, 2024. Diptendu Dutta/AP Photo
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NEW DELHI—A cargo train rammed into a passenger train in India’s eastern state of West Bengal on Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring several others, officials said.

Doctors, disaster-response teams, and ambulances were at the site in the Darjeeling district, a tourist spot nestled in the Himalayan foothills, the state’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a post on social media platform X.