India train tragedy in Amritsar (19/10)

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

This, taken from the BBC website, looks horrible https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-45913793

More than 60 people have been killed and 100 hurt after a train ran into a crowd near Amritsar in India's northern Punjab state, police told the BBC.

The victims were standing on the railway tracks watching celebrations for Dusshera, a Hindu festival marking the triumph of good over evil.

They did not hear the train approach as they watched a firecracker-filled effigy of the demon king Ravana burn.

Children are said to be amongst the dead.

Spectators were watching the effigy burn, and a fireworks display, when many started moving towards the railway tracks a short distance away...

 

[TRAX]

Who in their right mind thinks railway tracks are a great place to stand and look at fireworks ? Natural selection again.

 

[Groningen]

Through the noise of the fireworks they could not hear the train approaching. But of course the wrong place to be at.

 

[TRAX]

According to some sources they were warned.