NEW DELHI - At least 12 people were killed and 10 critically injured by a speeding train in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh Saturday evening at a manned railway crossing, reported local media Sunday.

The incident took place around 19:00 pm local time near Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur town, about 110 km from state capital Raipur, when at least 12 people were crushed to death as they tried to cross the rail tracks as a train left the local station, Indo-Asian News Service quoted police Inspector General (Railways) Rajkumar Devangan as saying.

Three trains reached the crossing simultaneously on three different tracks at the crossing and people who were trying to cross over the tracks were caught between speeding trains, according to the report.