Five mowed down by train near Kolkata

Five persons were crushed to death by a speeding Express train while they were crossing over from one platform to another at Santragachi station around 10 km from Kolkata on Saturday afternoon.

Five persons were crushed to death by a speeding Express train while they were crossing over from one platform to another at Santragachi station around 10 km from Kolkata on Saturday afternoon.

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Sources said that the victims, in a hid to take a short cut, avoided the over-bridge and went down on the tracks oblivious to the approaching danger.

The down Ranchi-Hatia Intercity Express, which was passing the Santragachi Station with breakneck-speed, mowed them down. The bodies were thrown into the air and the dismembered pieces landed all across the tracks.

Even though onlookers claimed that the victims, including a child, were all from the same family, railway authorities could not ascertain their identities till reports last came in.