**Fourteen people have been killed when a passenger train rammed into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.**Twenty five others were injured in the incident that happened in Gonda area on Sunday afternoon, officials say.
The railways have ordered a probe into the incident.
Correspondents say there are often collisions between vehicles - including school buses - and trains at India’s many unmanned railway crossings.
Reports said that the overcrowded passenger train which was heading to the city of Ayodhya collided with a truck carrying sand near Rasoolpur village.
Eleven train passengers, most of whom where travelling on the roof, died on the spot, while three others died of injuries at a hospital.
Last month, two passenger trains collided near the city of Mathura in northern India, killing at least 22 people.
One of the trains, the Mewar Express, was stopped at a red signal when the Goa Express rammed into it from behind.
The state-owned Indian Railways form an immense network connecting every corner of the vast country.
It operates 9,000 passenger trains and carries 18 million passengers every day.