A farm tractor causes the tragedy: 52 people killed

At least 30 people were killed when a &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/accidents/2001/09/26/16219.html ' target=_blank>passenger train collided with a farm tractor pulling a trailer full of people at an unmanned crossing in central India, police said Thursday. "About 30 to 40 people have died in the accident. The exact figures are not yet known," Pran Kankhade, superintendent of police for &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/world/2002/09/11/36321.html ' target=_blank>Indian Railways at Nagpur told AFP. The collision occurred near Kanan village, 430 miles east of the financial capital of Mumbai in Maharashtra state, tells Times of India. A train smashed into a tractor carrying wedding guests at a crossing in western India today, killing at least 52 people and injuring 10 others. The accident occurred near Kanhan, a small town 490 miles north east of &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/world/2001/01/20/2097.html ' target=_blank>Bombay, when a local train collided with a tractor and its trailer as it was crossing the tracks, said Jagdish Kumar, deputy general manager of South-Eastern Central Railway, reports the Braking News. “The death toll has gone up to 52. There were 62 people in the trailer. They were going to attend a marriage. Ten are injured,” Kumar said. NR

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