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8 Killed As Train Hits Car in Bihar
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At least eight people were killed and 12 severely injured on Saturday when a train hit a car in Bihar\'s Nalanda district, police said.
At least eight people were killed and 12 severely injured on Saturday when a train hit a car in Bihar's Nalanda district, police said.
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The accident took place at an unmanned level crossing near Tungi village, about 100 km from Patna.
The victims were returning to their village after attending a wedding. The car was hit by the local passenger train, police said.
"Eight people were killed on the spot and 12 seriously injured. The injured were admitted to a government hospital," a police official said.
There were 20 people in the car and all of them were from one extended family.
Rail traffic was disrupted for a few hours after the accident.
There are 1,127 unmanned railway crossings in five divisions of the East Central Railway in Bihar and Jharkhand, a railway official said.
Thousands of people and hundreds of vehicles cross unmanned crossings every day, risking their lives.
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