Seraikela (Jharkhand): Four people were crushed to death by an express train outside Gamariah Station in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district on Thursday evening, a police officer said. The victims were all residents of a slum near the place of occurrence, he said.
According to official sources, the New Delhi-Puri Utkal Express was heading to Tatanagar Station. Meanwhile, due to dense fog near Gamharia Railway Station, four people were hit by a high-speed train while crossing the railway track at 6.55 pm.
On receiving the information, the Tatanagar Railway Protection Force (RPF) reached the spot and removed the bodies from the track. The local police and the RPF team also reached the spot and launched the rescue operation. Services of Vande Bharat Express, Duronto and a few other trains have been affected, area railway manager, Tatanagar, Abhishek Singhal said. (With PTI Inputs)
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