India's rail network carries 18 million people daily and is still the main form of long-distance travel despite fierce competition from private airlines.
The last major train accident occurred in July last year when a packed express train traveling from Kolkata to New Delhi derailed at high speed in the state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 69 people.
India's worst rail accident was in 1981, when a train plunged into a river in the eastern state of Bihar, killing an estimated 800 people.
Questions:
1. How many people died in the latest train accident in India?
2. Where was the accident?
3. How many people are killed in rail-related incidents in India?
Answers:
1. 15.
2. Mahamaya Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh state.
3. Almost 15,000 people are killed every year crossing rail tracks.
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