Maoist rebels blamed for Indian train crash

Suspected sabotage by Maoist rebels derailed an overnight passenger train that was then hit by a freight train in eastern India today, killing at least 65 people and injuring an additional 200.

The passenger train was travelling from Calcutta to the city of Kurla when 13 cars derailed in the rural part of West Bengal state, about 90 miles west of Calcutta. A freight train then slammed into three of the carriages from the other direction, railway minister Mamata Banerjee said.