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India train disaster toll rises amid anger over safety

Indian police are investigating how a speeding train ploughed into a crowd of revellers, killing around 60 and injuring dozens more. [AFP]

Around 60 people are now known to have died when a train ploughed into a crowd of revellers watching a firework display in India, officials said Saturday.

Dozens more were hurt in the accident, some of them seriously, and overwhelmed local hospitals ran out of space for the dead, forcing them to leave some bodies outside.

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