Train knocks down five women in Bihar; 4 killed
23 Oct 2017 5:51 PM GMT
Munger (Bihar): An intercity train ran over five women on Monday morning, four of whom died on the spot, prompting a protest by the locals that disrupted traffic for a few hours, a police official said.
The incident took place near the Adalpur Halt when the women were crossing the tracks on their way home after taking bath at a nearby ghat, Munger Superintendent of Police Ashish Bharti said. They might have failed to notice the approaching Bhagalpur-Danapur Intercity train due to heavy morning fog, the SP said. "Four of them died on spot and another received serious injuries. The injured woman was taken to the Munger Sadar Hospital," he said.
Enraged over the incident, people from a nearby village gathered at the spot and squatted on the tracks, preventing the bodies from being removed, Bharti said.
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