At least, two persons were reported to have died, while two others severely injured, after a train crushed an articulated truck trapped on rain line at Iju rail-station on Thursday, their death was said to had occurred after they fell off the train during the crushing.
According to reports, the people that died and those injured were illegal passengers, who make use of roof top of the train to either escape paying the train fare or as result of eagerness to get to their destinations, due to commuters surge at rail station.
The Guild gathered that after the two people that died during accident were removed and taken to mortuary, others too who were reported injured were also rushed to hospital for immediate medical attention.
Witnesses told our correspondent that the truck was the cause of the accident and that the train had ran into it after it was trapped at the area’s station while the train was on motion to catch up with next stop.
One of them, who spoke under anonymity with The Guild, said that after the crush, four illegal passengers fell off from roof top of the train and that two among the people died at the spot while others, who were still alive, were rush to hospital.
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