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India investigates after fourth big train accident in past year kills 23

Derailed carriages of Kalinga-Utkal express train are seen in Khatauli, Uttar Pradesh, India in this still taken from video August 19, 2017. ANI/via REUTERS TV

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.

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.

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