18 killed as train plunges off bridge in India

2003 - At least 18 people died when the engine and two carriages of a Secunderabad-bound express train plunged off a bridge in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, crushing people on a bustling street below. Twenty-one others were injured when the Golconda Express, packed with commuters, jumped the rails in the city of Warangal. Two more carriages dangled dangerously from the bridge, even as the railway minister put the blame on the train driver. The driver said he noticed a brake failure after the train left the Nekkonda railway station and informed his superiors and the train was diverted to the loop line.