New Delhi ( CNN ) -- At least 33 people died and 17 were injured when a train collided Thursday with a bus in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India , authorities said . The crash happened around 2 a.m. Thursday ( 4:30 p.m . ET Wednesday ) when a bus packed with passengers tried to cross an unguarded railroad , said North-Eastern Railway spokesman Amit Singh . The bus was hit by the Mathura-Chhapra Express train that was passing through at the same time , Singh said . India 's massive rail network , used by hundreds of thousands of passengers daily , has a poor safety record . Official figures show 100 train accidents occurred in the country in the 2009-10 fiscal year and 115 in 2008-09 .
Another 17 people were injured in the wreck , which occurred in Uttar Pradesh state . The crash occurred at 2 a.m. Thursday .