Train accident in northern India leaves 10 dead

A train rams into a tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people killing 10 people and injuring more than 30

LUCKNOW: At lease 10 people were killed and over 30 were injured when a train crashed into a tractor pulling an overcrowded wagon with people at a railroad crossing in northern India, Associated Press reported on Wednesday. 

Shailendra Lal, a police officer in Bijnor said the passenger train hit the tractor when it was crossing the unmanned railroad track near the town of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh.

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According to reports, people on the wagon were returning from a ceremony at a nearby Hindu holy town near the Ganges River, Lal added.

Six out of the 33 people injured in the accident were in critical condition and were taken to a hospital in the nearest big city of Meerut.

With one of the largest train networks serving around 23 million passengers daily, railway accidents in India are quite common. And lack of money means that hundreds of dangerous crossings in the country are not guarded around the clock.