March 09
Hundreds of train passengers had a fortuitous escape at Tekal railway station near Malur in Kolar district of Karnataka.
Sources said, passengers got down from two passenger trains and were standing on the middle track. The passenger trains were stopped at the station on either side of the tracks.
Shatabdi Express rushed to the middle track and the people gathered on the tracks ran here & there to save them and narrowly missed being hit by the train. The Shatabdi Express going towards Chennai from Mysuru was supposed to pass on the mid-track.
Sources said, one person died after being run over by the train while two others were seriously injured. The identity of the person is yet to be established as the body was totally crushed. The two injured persons have been rushed to a nearby hospital.
People standing on the platform shouted and alerted those standing on the tracks. A major accident could be averted.
