Karnataka: Mumbai-bound Duronto Express derails

Two passengers were died when eight coaches of Secunderabad-Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Duronto Express derailed at Martur station between Shahbad and Gulbarga on Solapur Division in Karnataka at around 2:15 am Saturday. The deceased have been identified as  Rama Laxmi Jyoti (38) and B Pushpa Latha (28) from Hyderabad and they  were going to Lonavala. They were a part of a group of 22 employees of a firm named Rajdeep Associates going on a three-day vacation to Lonavala. Another passenger Abdul Sharaf (21), who works with the Indian Navy, lost his leg which had to be severed to pull him out of the wreckage of an AC coach. Officials said four passengers suffered minor injuries. Railway officials said that the train sped through Martur station at over 100 km per hour and just after crossing it, eight coaches from the middle of the train went off the track.