Utkal Express derailment: At least 20 dead, 92 injured

Train was coming from Puri in Odisha and going to Haridwar in Uttarakhand, a journey of 36 hours

At least 20 people were killed and at least 92 injured in a major derailment when 14 coaches of the Kalinga Utkal Express bound for Haridwar in Uttarakhand went off the tracks with one of the coaches mounting on another near Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening.

More casualties are feared as a number of passengers are said to have been trapped in the derailed coaches. 

The accident occurred around 5.45 pm near Khatauli town, 40 km off Muzaffarnagar, leaving 20 people dead, the Uttar Pradesh Police said.

Deepak Agarwal, Commissioner, Saharanpur Divison and District Magistrate, Muzaffarnagar, G