The death toll in one of the worst train accidents in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state rose to 110, as eight more bodies were recovered from the submerged coaches Sunday, reported dpa. Five cars of the Delta Express train had derailed off flooded tracks into a river in Nalgonda district on Saturday. The southern province has been pummelled by heavy rains over the past week causing a number of deaths in rain-related accidents. "Eight more bodies were found this morning, taking the toll to 110, and 60 of those killed have been identified," spokesman of the South Central Railway, Krishnaiah Panabaka, told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. Another 104 people were injured in the mishap. The IANS news agency reported that 123 people had died in the accident. Panabaka said it was the worst-ever train accident in the state, the last one occurring in 1989 when 40 people had been killed. "Most of the bodies have been extricated from the coaches, as the water has receded. The rescue operations are still on to find if there are any bodies in the nearby canal or river. The fatality count is not expected to rise much further," he said. Rail accidents are common in India. Railway authorities report about 300 accidents every year, but insist the safety record is good given the number of trains that runs each day. --SP 1509 Local Time 1209 GMT
