9 killed as train collides with auto rickshaw in eastern India.


Nine people were killed and two wounded when a train collided with a packed auto rickshaw in eastern India on Tuesday, railway officials said.

The accident happened as the rickshaw went across an unmanned railway crossing near the village of Balisahi, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Calcutta, said local railway manger Ranjan Tiwari.

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