Eight killed in India train crash after driver misses signal

India has one of the world's largest rail networks and has seen several disasters over the years, the worst in 1981 when a train derailed while crossing a bridge in Bihar state, killing an estimated 800 people.

People look on at the site of a collision between an express passenger train and a goods train in Nirmaljote, near Rangapani station in India's West Bangal state on June 17, 2024.