Amritsar train accident updates: 40 of dead identified, 36 bodies cremated, say officials

Amritsar train accident: Tragedy struck at a Dussehra celebration in Amritsar on Friday when a speeding train ran over a festive crowd that spilled on to the tracks while watching the customary burning of a giant Ravana effigy.

At least 61 people were killed and 74 injured Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near here, officials said.

The site of a train accident near the venue of Dussehra festivities, at Joda Phatak in Amritsar. (PTI Photo)

The train was coming from Jalandhar when the accident occurred at Joda Phatak near Amritsar, where at least 300 people were watching ‘Ravana dahan’ at a ground adjacent to the tracks.

Here are the live updates: