SRIKAKULAM: Five people were killed after being run over by a speeding train near Bathuva under G Sigadam Mandal in Srikakulam district on Monday night.
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.
The police are yet to establish the identity of the deceased persons. The police suspect that the deceased persons belonged to Srikakulam district only.
The locals at the area found pieces of human flesh lying scattered.
The officials of police, revenue and medical and health rushed to the spot to shift the bodies.
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.
