A 21-year-old youth was killed by a speeding train at Aishbagh area under Aishbagh police station area on Wednesday.
At the time of the accident the victim was busy in talking over his mobile phone. According to the police, on Wednesday evening the victim Narendra Sirwaiya in a bid to cross the railway track was hit by a speeding train. The locals and other commuters present near the spot tried to intervene and shouted incessantly but Narendra was busy over phone and did not pay any heed to the alarm raised by them.
The victim was rushed to Hamidia hospital where he died later during treatment. Police were informed and after preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC. The victim was identified by his mobile phone which became the reason of his death.
His friends identified the victim after they were informed and recognized the mobile phone which belonged to the victim. Narendra hails from Damoh and used to live at Chankyapuri area of Aishbagh locality in a rented apartment. He was pursuing BPharma from a private college. This is second such incident in last two months in which carelessness due to mobile phone proved fatal while crossing the railway tracks. Earlier a girl was hit by a speeding train at Gautam Nagar area and she had lost her life.
The victim was using head phones connected with her mobile phone at the time of crossing the tracks and was unaware of the speeding train and met an accident.