Four Children Among 18 Killed in New Delhi Station Crush

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At least 18 people have died at a human crush at India's New Delhi Railway Station. Platforms reportedly became overcrowded after two trains were delayed while people tried to travel for the six-week long Kumbh Mela religious festival.

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00:00At least 18 people, including four children, have died after a stampede at a train station

00:05in New Delhi. Two delayed trains caused passenger numbers

00:10to swell on platforms at the Indian capital's main railway station on Saturday night. Many

00:16people were reportedly travelling for the six-week-long Kumbh Mela religious festival

00:21held in Prayagraj city. The incident comes just weeks after 30 people

00:26were killed in another crash at the festival, where tens of millions of people had gathered

00:31to bathe in the Ganges River.

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