<p>A speeding train rammed into a school van at an unmanned level crossing in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district, about 325 kilometres from here, on Thursday, killing five kindergarten students and injuring over a dozen others.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Four of the injured were critical, according to the police sources here. The mishap occurred around eight in the morning when the ill-fated van, allegedly driven by a headphone wearing driver, was hit by the passenger train near Khurhant railway station on Azamgarh-Shahganj section of the north eastern railway.<br /><br />Sources said that the driver of the van had put on headphones and could not hear the children’s shouts, who had spotted the train.<br /><br />The injured were admitted to the district hospital. Four children were referred to the Banaras Hindu University medical college hospital as their condition was critical, sources said.<br /><br />Angry locals later staged a demonstration at Khurhant railway station in protest against the incident and demanding construction of gate at the level crossing.<br /><br />UP government has announced an ex gratia relief of Rs 2.5 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased. A probe has also been ordered into the incident.</p>
<p>A speeding train rammed into a school van at an unmanned level crossing in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district, about 325 kilometres from here, on Thursday, killing five kindergarten students and injuring over a dozen others.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Four of the injured were critical, according to the police sources here. The mishap occurred around eight in the morning when the ill-fated van, allegedly driven by a headphone wearing driver, was hit by the passenger train near Khurhant railway station on Azamgarh-Shahganj section of the north eastern railway.<br /><br />Sources said that the driver of the van had put on headphones and could not hear the children’s shouts, who had spotted the train.<br /><br />The injured were admitted to the district hospital. Four children were referred to the Banaras Hindu University medical college hospital as their condition was critical, sources said.<br /><br />Angry locals later staged a demonstration at Khurhant railway station in protest against the incident and demanding construction of gate at the level crossing.<br /><br />UP government has announced an ex gratia relief of Rs 2.5 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased. A probe has also been ordered into the incident.</p>
