India Investigates after Fourth Big Train Accident in Past Year Kills 23

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Railway workers repair the tracks 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. 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. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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A victim, who was injured in a passenger train accident, talks to police personnel inside a government hospital in Muzaffarnagar, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, August 20, 2017. 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. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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A boy sits on a wall near derailed passenger train coaches, at the site of an accident in Khatauli, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India August 20, 2017. 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. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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A railway worker repairs the tracks 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. Sharma said rescue operations had ended and a safety commissioner would launch an investigation later on Sunday. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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A damaged coach of a passenger train is removed from the site of an accident in Khatauli, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India August 20, 2017. The cause of the accident was not known and the driver of the train would be one of the first people to be questioned, Sharma said. He said the death toll could rise. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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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. A member of the railway board told reporters there was information that suggested the derailment happened because of some repair work on the track. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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