In less than a minute, at least 58 people lost their lives in a most horrific and bizarre train accident. In the disastrous sequence of events at a Dussehra celebration at dusk, a train at full speed tore through revellers who had been pushed back about 100 feet from the periphery of a burning effigy of Ravan. The men, women and children moved back onto the railway tracks and, in the shadow of the flames and crackle of explosions, none saw or heard the whistle of the rapidly approaching train. Death was immediate.
 

In less than a minute, at least 58 people lost their lives in a most horrific and bizarre train accident. In the disastrous sequence of events at a Dussehra celebration at dusk, a train at full speed tore through revellers who had been pushed back about 100 feet from the periphery of a burning effigy of Ravan. The men, women and children moved back onto the railway tracks and, in the shadow of the flames and crackle of explosions, none saw or heard the whistle of the rapidly approaching train. Death was immediate.