An old woman was crushed under the wheels of goods train near the Jadupur Road junction in Kenrapada district. The deceased was identified as Sita Swain (75) of Oatar village in the district Police sources said the woman was mentally sick and she had earlier tried to commit suicide by jumping into a pond but she was rescued by fellow villagers. Her family members said she was missing from home from early morning. Following a frantic search, they found her body on the railway track.
The Cuttack GRP sent the dead body for postmortem and are investigating into incident, said Marshaghai police station IIC Kalahandi Behera.