More than 50 dead in India train disaster
Amritsar (India) (AFP) - A speeding train ran over revellers watching fireworks during a Hindu festival in northern India Friday, killing more than 50 people, with eyewitnesses saying they were given no warning before disaster struck. The crowd had gathered on railway tracks in the city of Amritsar in Punjab state to watch a fireworks show marking the Dussehra festival when the train barrelled down the line at high speed. "There was a lot of noise as firecrackers were being let off and it appears they (victims) were unable to hear the ...
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