Train Accident: At least five persons were killed and several others injured after a speeding express train run them over in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district late on Monday night. Train Accident in Andhra Srikakulam: 5 people died on spot.
The incident took place when a few passengers in the Secunderabad-Guwahati express train pulled the chain and tried to cross over the other track. They came under the Bhubaneswar- Mumbai (Konark Express) train coming in the opposite direction on the adjacent track.
Five people died on the spot. According to Srikakulam Superintendent of police (SP), “Someone in Guwahati express had pulled the chain and the train stopped and five people got down and were crossing the track. At that time Konark express was coming in the opposite direction on the adjacent track, these people were hit by the train and died on spot.”
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The police are yet to establish the identity of the deceased persons. The bodies will be sent for the post-mortem, the police added. It may be recalled that in November 2013 a speeding passenger train ran over passengers in Bokaro Express waiting on a adjacent track after rumours spread that S-1 compartment of the (Alappuzha-Dhanbadh) Bokaro express they were in had caught fire, leaving nine persons dead, including three of family and one suffered injuries at Gotlam East Cabin area in Vizianagaram district.
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