At least 50 dead as train hits crowd watching fireworks in India

Victims were stood on tracks during festival in Amritsar, says a Congress party leader

A speeding train has run over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India, killing at least 60 people, police said.

The train failed to stop after the accident on the outskirts of Amritsar, a city in Punjab state, according to Congress party politician Pratap Singh Bajw.

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