Six persons died and as many were injured, most of them teenagers, when they were run over by two trains between Masudan and Dharhara stations in the Kiul-Jamalpur section of Eastern Railway’s Malda Division on Friday.According to Railways authorities, the deceased and the injured belonged to a marriage party. They were reportedly defecating on the tracks when they were run over by 3133 Sealdah-Varanasi Express and the 210 Jayanagar-Howrah Passenger. Sources said that after noticing the first train, the victims tried to escape, but landed on the other track only to run over by the second train.Jagannath Singh (13) succumbed to his injuries in the Dharhara health centre where he was taken after the accident, while five others — Pramod Chaudhury (20), Pankaj (14), Sanjay Choudhury (16), Santosh Choudhury (14) and Nagta Choudhury (14) — died on the spot.The injured included Rajesh Choudhury (12), Parmeshwar Majhli, Naresh Choudhury, Tujan Choudhury, Gurjar Choudhury (13) and Ajay Choudhury who were admitted to the Munger General Hospital.“Eastern Railway Malda Division officials soon reached the accident spot as locals had blocked the 3414 Farakka Express for three hours,” said a railway official. The situation, however, was brought under control and the blockade was lifted after some time. Two other trains, 3241 Banka Express and 2367 Vikramshila Express, were also delayed by 40 minutes.
