NEW DELHI—India began investigating on Sunday a train crash in which 23 people were killed, the fourth major accident over the past year on the world’s fourth biggest rail network which is grappling with chronic under-investment and over-crowding.
The cause of the derailment about 130 km (80 miles) north of the capital New Delhi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, was not known, said Northern Railways spokesman Neeraj Sharma.
Thirteen coaches of the train came off the tracks as it was heading to the Hindu holy city of Haridwar, police said.
The toll rose to 23 dead with at least 123 people injured.
Rescue workers and onlookers stand next to derailed coaches of a passenger train at the site of an accident in Khatauli, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India August 20, 2017. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
