Amritsar train tragedy: One more succumbs to injuries; death toll 62

Press Trust of India  |  Amritsar 

A 19-year-old man injured in Friday's train tragedy succumbed to his wounds at a hospital here Sunday, taking the death toll to 62.

However, the death could not be confirmed from the district authorities.

On Saturday, had said that 59 people had died, while had put the toll at 61 on that day.

The tragic incident took place on Friday evening when a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching the burning of a Ravana effigy was run over by a train near Joda Phatak here.

At least 300 people were watching the 'Ravana dahan' at a ground adjacent to the tracks.

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First Published: Sun, October 21 2018. 22:45 IST