Maldah (WB) : Six members of a family were crushed under the wheels of the New Jalpaiguri-Howrah Shatabdi Express in Malda district on Friday morning. Superintendent of Police of Maldah, Prasun Bandyopadhyay said the victims were crossing the tracks at around 7 in the morning when they were mowed down by the speeding train, reports PTI.
Five of the deceased had come from Ajamnagar in Katihar district of Bihar to visit a relative near Maldah town. The sixth victim, who had been accompanying the other five, belonged to Lotora village under Harischandrapur police station, police said.
Speeding Shatabdi Express kills six in BengalThe incident occurred near Baroduari under the same police station, around 90 km from the district headquarter, the SP said. The bodies were sent for postmortem.
