Three railway employees were run over by a goods train near laxmidunguri track between Sambalpur and Hirakud railway stations on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Alekh Tanti, Shyama Mukhi and Jiten lamba.
First two were working as permanent employees of the Indian Railways,
while the third one was working as a casual employee, sources said.
The trio was killed when the speeding train hit them at around 4.30 pm at the laxmidunguri railway track. The driver of the Balangir-Bhubaneswar intercity reported the Sambalpur station master about the mishap. After the accident, the officials of the Railway Protection Force, the Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) and the Divisional Engineer rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. Sambalpur Divisional Railway Manger (DRM) Ashok Kumar Gupta directed a departmental inquiry into the incident.
Gupta said that the department would provide compensation to the deceased’s family according to the guidelines of the railway. “An investigation is on and the actual reason is yet to be found out,” said an RPF official.