India: water pipeline falls on train, 2 killed

At least two persons were killed and 12 injured when train services in Thane district and Mumbai of India's western Maharashtra state have been hit as a pipeline falls on a train, flooding the tracks on Friday.Five people are feared trapped under the debris. The mishap took place when a portion of an under-construction Kopri water Pipeline bridge fell on a suburban train on the Thane-Mulund route in the district. When the train halted I came to know that something has happened. I do not know when it happened, said Sanjeev Shinde, a passenger. The accident has led to a complete halt of rail traffic on the section. Officials of the fire brigade and several workers have been pressed into service to remove the wreckage from the track.