Rail services on the busy Delhi-Saharanpur route were paralysed on Sunday for a couple of hours after a train-truck collision at an unmanned railway crossing in Shamli.
Truck driver Mazid (20) was killed and cleaner Samshad, injured in the accident when the Saharapur bound Janata Express collided with the truck at the unmanned railway crossing near lilon village under Kotwali police station area last night. The irate villagers blocked the track for a few hours demanding compensation for the victims.
On the intervention of the authorities, the blockade was lifted after the villagers were assured of compensation to the family of the deceased and putting up of barrier at the railway crossing.
In another incident in the district, clothes worth over several lakh of rupees were destroyed in a major fire that broke out at a Handloom godown on Meerut-Karnal road under Kotwali police station area on Sunday.
Mishap Two children were buried alive due to collapse of a building during rain while in another incident, a bullet-ridden body of a youth was recovered in Hardoi district.
According to police, a body of a youth Dinesh was recovered from Gorithar village under Harpalpur police station in the district this morning. Personal enmity was said to the reason behind the death. The victim was also accused in the murder of a youth of his village.