Three people, including a woman, were crushed by the Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express when they were crossing a track to go out of the railway station. Two of the three victims visited the district to attend a wedding. The mishap occurred on Wednesday morning.
According to reports, eight people of a family from Nagpur, Maharashtra, had come to Ugapur village in Bhadohi district to attend the marirage of the daughter of Radheshyam Gupta. All of them alighted from Patliputra Express at Mirzapur railway station around 6 am.
Bablu Singh (45) of Aurai (Bhadohi) had come to pick up guests in a Scorpio. After taking the guests with him, Bablu was going to platform number one via the railway track.
The Swarna Jayanti Express arrived when a woman was crossing the track. Durga Devi (50), Rajesh Gupta (48) and Bablu died after being hit by the train. Inspector of Government Railway Police (GRP) station at Mirzapur, Harishran Singh said a case was registered in this regard and the bodies sent for autopsy.
In another incident in Lalganj police station area of Mirzapur late on Tuesday night, a truck rammed into several trees and overturned on a house near Khajuri village, killing two brothers. The truck driver, who was said to be in an inebriated state, was arrested.
Reports said that a truck loaded with husk was coming from Dubar towards Khajuri.
As the driver was heavily drunk, he lost control of the vehicle which overturned on Hari Prasad’s house after plouging into the roadside trees. His two sons Rahul (14) and Rohit (16), who were sleeping in the house, were killed in the mishap. Villagers hurriedly took the brother duo to a hospital where they were declared dead. Police sent the bodies for autopsy.
Meanwhile, in Shravasti, three people were killed after a container overturned on them. The incident took place on NH-730 near Chaudhary Ram Bihari Buddha Inter College on Tuesday night. Reports said that after the driver lost control of the container, it overturned on three people who died on the spot. They were identified as Daddu Kumar Shukla, Santosh Kumar Pandey and Ram Manohar. A case was registered this connection.