New Delhi, India (CNN) -- At least 10 people were feared dead and 50 others injured as a train jumped tracks in northern India Sunday, authorities said.
"It's a rough figure. We are awaiting more details," Indian railway spokesman Anil Kumar Saxena told CNN.
He said 13 cars of the Kalka Mail train derailed in Uttar Pradesh state at 12:20 p.m.
India's massive rail network, used by hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, has a poor safety record.
On Thursday, more than 30 people were killed when a train collided with a bus trying to cross an unguarded railroad, also in Uttar Pradesh. The victims were all bus passengers.
Official figures show 100 train accidents occurred in India in the 2009-10 fiscal year and 115 in 2008-09.
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