Palghar: Two men were run over by a train at a shut railway crossing in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Friday, while one person sustained severe injuries, officials said. They were hit by the Mumbai Central-Jaipur Express at the railway crossing near Hanuman Chowk close to Mahavitaran office, the official added.
"Two persons have died while one person has been hospitalised with injuries," Palghar district disaster management cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said. A police official said the deceased have been identified as Sonuram (35) and Monukumar (19), while the injured person is Anup Pandit (20). An ambulance took Pandit to a nearby hospital, a Western Railway official said.
The three hail from Motihari in Bihar and were working as industrial labourers in Boisar here, another official said. "They had come to Palghar to make household purchases. At 8:30 pm, the three attempted to cross a railway crossing that had been shut for many years now.
Two of them were hit by a train and died on the spot. One of them managed to escape with injuries," said former corporator Lakshmidevi Hazari. Residents of the area said people continue to use the railway crossing despite it being shut due to the lack of an alternative route there to cross from east to west.
