At least 127 people were killed and 150 more injured when a train derailed in northern India on Sunday, ABC news quoted the police as saying.

The passenger train was about midway through a 27-hour journey between the cities of Indore and Patna when it slid off the tracks at 3:10 am (local time), jolting awake passengers who had settled in to sleep.

The impact was so strong that one of the coaches landed on top of another, crushing the one below.

Passengers said they heard the crash as they were flung from their beds.

Source: MENA