Four women who were strolling on railway track were crushed to death by a speeding train here on Sunday morning, police said.
They deceased women on way to attend a funeral function but were run over by a goods train in a Railway over bridge here. Two other women who were also accompanying them managed to save their lives by jumping into river.
According to information from Station House Officer Kotwali, six women of village Kuper were going to attend a funeral programme at nearby village Karli. They were walking over a railway track over a railway over bridge over Shankhani-Dankani River at Anwarabhata.
Four of the women were killed in the accident when a goods train came on railway track from Kirandul and going towards Vishakhapatnam. The deceased were identified as Rambati, Jaamli, Soni and Bukko Bai. The dead bodies of the deceased were handed over to their families after post mortem.
The two other women who succeeded in saving their lives by jumping into the Shankhani-Dankani River are Pandey and Mangaldai. They sustained minor injuries and were rushed to Dantewada District Hospital for medical attention.