Human error blamed as train collision kills 13 people in India

Rescuers and others stand after two passenger trains collided in Vizianagaram district (AP)

The death toll from a collision between two passenger trains in southern India has risen to 13.

Officials said a further 25 people had been injured in Sunday’s crash which happened in Andhra Pradesh state’s Vizianagaram district when an incoming train hit a stationary train, leading to the derailment of at least three rail carriages, senior railway officer Saurab Prasad said.