Half a dozen persons were killed and six others injured when a van carrying a marriage party was hit by a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing near Maigalganj area of lakhimpur Kheri on early Tuesday morning.
“A van carrying about a dozen ‘baratis’ from Jamuniha to Shahjahanpur was hit by the Sitapur-bound train at around 9.30 am on Tuesday at an unmanned crossing near Rahjania village,” disclosed Superintendent of Police of lakhimpur Kheri, Arvind Sen, who visited the spot soon after getting the information. He claimed that the crossing at Rahjania hamlet was unmanned, and the van (UP27S-2871) driver probably failed to notice the train coming on the track and it was badly hit leading to causality.
Amongst those killed in the incident were later on identified as Santosh, Vipin, both residents of Hariyawa in Hardoi, Shree Prakash, a native of Behtagokul in Hardoi, Ram Swaroop, hailing from Shahbad in Hardoi, while two victims are yet to be identified. The six injured have been admitted to Sitapur District hospital by the local police who also informed the message about the incident to the Northern Railway authorities for further necessary action.