A speeding train has crashed into a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said. Another witness said the victims did not realise that a train was coming because the fireworks were too loud. However, junior railways minisfter Manoj Sinha said after visiting the accident site that organisers did not alert railway authorities about their plan to hold the event there. Shatrughan Das, an injured 35-year-old factory worker, said he was sitting close to the tracks watching the fireworks. In 2016, 146 people were killed when a train slid off tracks in eastern India.

Source: The Irish Times October 20, 2018 08:26 UTC