Dozens of people are feared killed when a train ran into a crowd in northern India, according to local media reports and a local politician.
The incident on Friday took place on the outskirts of Amritsar city, Punjab state, where a crowd had assembled near a railway track to watch a religious festival.
“There are between 40 and 50 casualties in the accident,” a senior police official told reporters at the scene, according to DPA news agency.
“We do not know the circumstances, but many people in the crowds rushed towards the rail tracks and were crushed by the train,” the official added.
Pratap Singh Bajwa, a Congress party leader in Punjab state, told the Associated Press news agency that at least 50 people were killed.
He said the crowd did not see the speeding train approaching, adding that the train did not stop after the accident.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said relief and rescue operations were ongoing at the site on a “war footing”.
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