17 killed as trains collide in Gujarat

Samlaya (Gujarat), April 21 At least 17 persons were killed and over 80 injured when the Ahmedabad-bound Sabarmati Express train rammed into a stationary goods train here, about 30 km from Vadodara, in the wee hours today.
Rescue work in progress at the accident site at Samiyala in Gujarat where the Sabarmati Express collided with a goods train early morning on Thursday. — PTI photo In video (28k, 56k)
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