Three die, 150 hurt in fall from train

At least three men were killed and 150 injured when they fell from a speeding train
in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, media reports say.
The accident occurred on Monday when some 200 people sitting on the roof of the
Sarayu Express were hit by a branch of a tree as the train passed near Sultanpur
city, the CNN-IBN network reported on Tuesday.
The victims and the wounded were all young men going for an army recruitment test
and rode on the train's roof as there was no space inside the coaches.
While three men died on the scene, 150 injured were taken to state-run hospitals in
the area 140km south of state capital Lucknow.
Doctors told the PTI news agency 35 men sustained "serious injuries" and were being
treated.
Riding atop trains is common in India. In rural areas, towns and even cities, people
travel on train roofs owing to congested coaches or to avoid buying tickets.