Ambala Station staffer, 52, falls on tracks, run over by train

Devender Kumar, a resident of Railway Colony, was crossing the tracks at the station near platform number seven when he fell after his shoe got stuck in a nail, railway police officials said

A 52-year-old mechanical craftsman on duty at the Ambala Cantonment Railway Station was accidentally run over by a train while crossing the railway line.

The man’s body was handed over to his family after autopsy. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

“Devender Kumar, a resident of railway colony, was crossing the tracks at the station near platform number seven when he fell after his shoe got stuck in a nail. He was run over by a train. A postmortem was conducted on Sunday after which his body was handed over to the family. His father has also served in the railways,” said Satvir, government railway police investigating officer.