<p>Three persons were killed after being run over by a train at a closed level crossing in south-east Delhi’s Sarita Vihar on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The deceased, that included a woman, were among dozens of persons trying to cross the railway tracks upon the passage of a goods train when they failed to notice another train approaching from the opposite direction on the immediate next line.<br /><br />Eyewitnesses said there was also a man who sustained injuries after being hit by the train. He escaped death as he was thrown off the tracks. Police, however, denied knowledge of any injured person.<br /><br />The accident took place at a level crossing near Tughlaqabad (East) Cabin in Sarita Vihar at 8.40 am on Wednesday. With several factories located near the railway tracks, most people employed there use the permanently-closed crossing instead of an underpass, not very far away.<br /><br />Two of the three deceased persons have been identified as Sarojini Devi and Shiv Kumar, both in their mid-30s. They worked at the local factories. None of the deceased were related to each other and efforts are on to identify the third person, said police.<br /><br />Jitender Tiwari, a security guard who was near the accident spot, says the victims were heading a crowd that had waited for several minutes for a painfully slow-moving goods train to pass.<br /><br />As soon as the goods train passed, the crowd surged ahead, but only to be immediately interrupted by a passenger train. “The victims’ could not see the other train approach because of the goods train right in front of them,” said Tiwari.<br /><br />Three persons were subsequently dragged by the train for several metres before only the mangled parts of their bodies remained on the tracks.<br /><br />“One of the two killed men was riding a bicycle and was dragged along with the vehicle. All the three were killed on the spot,” said Dhiraj Lal, a local shopkeeper.</p>
<p>Three persons were killed after being run over by a train at a closed level crossing in south-east Delhi’s Sarita Vihar on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The deceased, that included a woman, were among dozens of persons trying to cross the railway tracks upon the passage of a goods train when they failed to notice another train approaching from the opposite direction on the immediate next line.<br /><br />Eyewitnesses said there was also a man who sustained injuries after being hit by the train. He escaped death as he was thrown off the tracks. Police, however, denied knowledge of any injured person.<br /><br />The accident took place at a level crossing near Tughlaqabad (East) Cabin in Sarita Vihar at 8.40 am on Wednesday. With several factories located near the railway tracks, most people employed there use the permanently-closed crossing instead of an underpass, not very far away.<br /><br />Two of the three deceased persons have been identified as Sarojini Devi and Shiv Kumar, both in their mid-30s. They worked at the local factories. None of the deceased were related to each other and efforts are on to identify the third person, said police.<br /><br />Jitender Tiwari, a security guard who was near the accident spot, says the victims were heading a crowd that had waited for several minutes for a painfully slow-moving goods train to pass.<br /><br />As soon as the goods train passed, the crowd surged ahead, but only to be immediately interrupted by a passenger train. “The victims’ could not see the other train approach because of the goods train right in front of them,” said Tiwari.<br /><br />Three persons were subsequently dragged by the train for several metres before only the mangled parts of their bodies remained on the tracks.<br /><br />“One of the two killed men was riding a bicycle and was dragged along with the vehicle. All the three were killed on the spot,” said Dhiraj Lal, a local shopkeeper.</p>
