Indian train death toll hits 51

The death toll from a train that derailed when it hit a boulder in western India climbed to 51 today, officials said.

The death toll from a train that derailed when it hit a boulder in western India climbed to 51 today, officials said.

Four carriages of the passenger train derailed on Sunday night when it crashed into the boulder, which was dislodged in a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains near Vaibhyavadi village, 310 miles south of Bombay.

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