July 14, 2010 12:57 PM

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Three railway employees crush to death under a train wheel

<br/>Three railway employees crushed to death under a train wheel in Moradabad district today.<br/>The Additional Divisional Railway Manager A K Singhal told AIR Allahabad correspondent that incident occurred when four employees working on a track near Agwanpur station crossing no 423 in Moradabad around 10.30 am today.<br/>He said that the track is with double line and when employees were working on track and at the same time one goods train was coming from up line and another Kanpur bound 2470 Jammu Tawi-Kanpur express arrived on down line. The employees were not able to see Kanpur bound Jammu Tawi express and trapped on the same track. Three of them crushed to death while one escaped with minor injuries, the railway officer said.<br/>The injured has been admitted to railway hospital. Senior police and railway officers are on the accident site as the report last came in. Northern Railway has ordered for inquiry and announced ex gratia of rupees twenty thousand to the bereaved family for immediate help.

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