Family members cry after seeing the body of their relative after a commuter train traveling at high speed ran through a crowd of people on the railway tracks on Friday, outside a hospital in Amritsar, India, October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
AMRITSAR,India (Reuters) - India's northern state of Punjab's chief minister said 59 people were killed and 57 injured in a railway accident on Friday in which a train ran over scores of people gathered on the railway tracks for a festival in the city of Amritsar.
Declining to comment on the likely reasons behind the accident, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh told reporters on Saturday that an official inquiry into the accident was underway and was expected to be completed within four weeks.
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