At least 31 people were killed in northern India when a train rammed into a bus at a railway crossing, officials said yesterday.
The pre-dawn crash occurred in Uttar Pradesh state, senior government official Selva Kumari J. said.
Local media said the bus was carrying 80 passengers who were returning from a wedding. The railway crossing did not have a gate or an attendant, she said.
State-run monopoly Indian Railways carries around 30 million people every day, but has a patchy safety record as a result of ageing infrastructure.
Latest government data showed that 336 people were killed and 437 injured between April 2010 and mid-January 2011.
Reuters
