One jain pilgrim was killed and his wife and son were seriously injured after they were run over by a train at Parasnath Railway Station here on Sunday, said GRP Gomoh. According to reports, the incident took place at 8:30 am on Sunday at Parasnath railway station under Dhanbad railway division.
The victims identified as Devendra Kumar Jain and his wife Suruchi Jain and son Surendra Kumar, choose to get down on the wrong side of the railway track.
In a tragic incident, one Devendra Kumar Jain lost his lives and wife and son were seriously injured after they were run over by a Kolkata-Jodhpur Express at Parasnath railway station on Sunday.
GRP sources said that the incident took place at 8:30 am on Sunday when DN(22911) Shipra express reached platform number 2 at Parasnath station. There was heavy rush at the platform and three pilgrims passengers of a family who belonged to MP, de-boarded the train, choose to get down from the wrong side instead of getting down on the platform.
The Kolkata Jodhpur super fast express (12307) from Kolkata to Jodhpur arrived at the platform. As the passengers were trying to cross the railway track, they were run over by the speeding train. Sources said, there is a railway over bridge at Parasnath station but passengers did not use it to get down on the railway track and move to the other side," said station master of Parasnath.
Sources said the movement of train on all the two tracks were blocked for an hour after the incident took place. The GRP, Gomoh and local police reached the spot and sent the body for post mortem at the nearby hospital. The injured were sent to hospital for treatment.