33 dead in India as train smashes into wedding bus

LUCKNOW, India - More than 30 people died on Thursday and 37 were injured when a train slammed into a packed bus carrying a marriage party in northern India, local government officials said.

The accident took place in the middle of the night at an unmanned crossing in a remote area of Kanshiram Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh state, about 300 kilometers northwest of the state capital Lucknow.

District Magistrate Selva Kumari said that she suspected the driver might have been under the influence of alcohol as he drove the private vehicle with about 70 people on board.