CNN. A moving train rammed into a stopped train in eastern India early Monday, killing more than 50 people and injuring 100, police said.
Emergency crews were still at the scene more than eight hours after the crash, but there was no sign of more passengers trapped in the wreckage, said Humayun Kabir, police chief in the Birbhum district of West Bengal state.
Authorities are investigating what caused the moving train to rear-end a stationary train just before 2 a.m. Monday (4:30 p.m. ET Sunday) at the Sainthia station, Indian railway spokesman Anil Saxena said.
A relief train and emergency crews rushed to the scene, he said.
The impact detached at least three coaches of the stopped Vananchal Express, Saxena said.
One of them was pushed off the tracks and slammed into an overpass above the tracks, Kabir said.
India's massive rail network is marred by a poor safety record.
At least 100 rail crashes occurred in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, according to rail officials.
Of the 115 train accidents authorities recorded in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, 80 were blamed on staff failures.
