KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, Jan 18: Four persons, including a woman were run over by 18478 Utkal Express at Gamharia station under Chakradharpur railway division on Thursday evening.
The tragedy took place at about 7.30 pm when the mishap victims were crossing the railway track even as the drop-gate was in place.
It was learned that the area was filled with dense fog, causing the visibility problem there, making the victims to miss the approaching train and were run over.
Soon after the mishap occurred, the railway police and the local police rushed to the spot and had handled the situation.
The impact of the mishap was devastating that it could not immediately be ascertained how many persons were killed.
The limbs of the victims were strewn across the track. It took about an hour or so to finally determine that four persons, including a woman were killed.
Divisional Commercial Manager, Chakradharpur railway division, Debraj Banerjee said the mishap took place close to the Gamharia station as some local residents were crossing the railway track by trespassing the railway area.
“The Utkal Express had to remain stranded near the mishap spot for sometime after the body parts were removed from the track, the train had resumed to move, ” said Banerjee while talking to The Jharkhand Story, adding that the storage of the train was Tatanagar.
