At least 12 people were killed and 150 others wounded Monday when a passenger train derailed in Madhya Pradesh, India, Indo-Asian News Service reported.

The train Bundelkhand Express went off the tracks near Datia station in Datia of Madhya Pradesh and rammed into a railway control cabin.

The exact cause of the accident is yet to be established but the mishap could have occurred due to failure of brakes, said the report.

(Xinhua News Agency October 3, 2005)