In a tragic incident, a 64 year-old man died killed after being hit by a speeding train while he was trying to cross the railway track near Jugsalai on Thursday
The victim Devilal Rajak, was trying to cross the track near Dukhu Market while on his way back home from a morning walk. He failed to notice a speeding passenger train that was coming from the Tatanagar station and was hit by the train. The victim’s head was smashed in the impact of the dash and left leg severed after coming under the wheel.
As the mishap took place early in the morning there was no one else around to see exactly how had the mishap occurred. As the news spread railway police party arrived at the scene of mishap and recovered the body from the spot for sending it to the MGM Medical College mortuary for a post mortem. Officials of Government railway police station, Tatanagar confirmed that an elderly man was killed on being hit by a passenger train near Jugsalai. “As per our investigation we have established that it was a case of train mishap. But still we have shifted the body to the medical college mortuary for a post-mortem,” said an official. A painter by profession Devilal used to stay with his two sons and wife at Jugsalai.