13 people were killed and 25 injured when two trains collided in southern India

By OMER FAROOQ
Associated Press

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Officials in India say 13 people have died and 25 others are injured after two passenger trains collided in the country’s south. The crash happened in Andhra Pradesh state’s Vizianagaram district Sunday. Officials say an incoming train slammed into a stationary train, derailing at least three rail cars. A preliminary investigation has found that human error caused the accident. Train crashes are common in India and blamed mostly on human error or outdated signaling equipment. In June, more than 280 people were killed in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades when two passenger trains rammed into each other in eastern India.