KOLKATA - A train crash in India that claimed more than 60 lives on Monday was caused by negligence, not sabotage, West Bengal Civil Defence Minister Srikumar Mukherjee told AFP.
"It`s not an act of sabotage. The tragic accident took place because of the negligence on the part of the railway administration," Mukherjee said from the site of the accident in eastern India.
He said a total of 61 people had been killed and 165 injured, 89 of them seriously.
BDST: 1704 HRS, July 19, 2010
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