Five people have died as a train hit a lorry on a level crossing in India, local media report.Four compartments of the Bangalore-Nanded express derailed in the incident in Andhra Pradesh early on Monday.
Karnataka politician Venkatesh Nayak was among the dead, as well as the driver of the lorry.The incident comes weeks after two express trains derailed on a flooded bridge in Madhya Pradesh, killing at least 24 people.India's Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted that it was an "unfortunate accident", adding that immediate medical relief had been sent to the site of the accident.
The driver of the truck, who was allegedly in an inebriated condition, was driving at a very high speed and failed to notice the closed gates at a level crossing.Around 25 people are said to have been injured in the accident, which occurred at around 2.25am at Madakasira, more than 450 km from capital Hyderabad.
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