Аt least 142 people were killed as 14 bogies of the Patna-bound Indore-Rajendranagar Express went off the track in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh in the early hours of Sunday, Hindu reported.

Earlier it was reported that there were more than 140 killed and over 200 injured.

It was noted that 80 of the deceased have been identified.  All they were citizens of India, 45 residents were from Uttar Pradesh, 20 from Madhya Pradesh, 14 from Bihar and one from Maharashtra.

While the cause of the derailment is not known, railway officials suspect a rail fracture.