Kasaragod, Mar 30: Two youths from Uttar Pradesh were run over by an express train close to the Mogral bridge, near Kumbla in Kasaragod district on Thursday.
The accident occurred as Israel, 22, son of Azad, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti district, and Mohammed Hussain,18, also hailing from UP, were hit by the Coimbatore-Mangaluru Inter City express around 1.30 p.m. The youths were killed on the spot, the police, quoting eyewitnesses, said.
The duo, engaged in construction-related works, were residing in a rented house at the nearby Mogral-Puthur panchayat. The accident reportedly occurred while the duo were walking on the railway track listening to music through headsets, the police said.
The loco pilot, according to another labourer who managed to save himself, had honked in vain from a short distance. The bodies were shifted to the General Hospital after police inquest.
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Do they have insurance?? Govt should arrange free insurance to such kind of workers...
Rest in peace
Many people didnt care about the safety guidelines.. they are thinking nothing will happen to them
They violated safety rule, so they got the outcome
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