52 wedding guests die in rail crossing crash

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 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.