A person was killed and three others sustained serious injuries after they were hit by a railway engine at the Rameswarpur level crossing near here. Agitated locals set the engine on fire and pelted stones at the Intercity Express moving on the other track injuring the driver of the train and policemen on duty.
locals said the deceased Sibabrata Sahu, a motorcyclist, was waiting at the level crossing for opening of the gate along with others to cross the track. He was waiting behind an auto rickshaw. When the train passed and the gate was opened, the deceased along with the auto rickshaw started passing the track. All of a sudden, a rail engine came in the track and hit the motorcycle and auto rickshaw resulting Sahu’s death.
The injured persons who were in the auto rickshaw were rushed to the Dhenkanal headquarters hospital. later, two of them were shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack as their conditions deteriorated. Train service in the route was affected as locals staged a dharna on the track demanding adequate compensation to the kin of the deceased. The locals even manhandled a Railway Sub-Inspector, who had rushed to the spot to pacify the agitation.