6yrold boy crossing railway tracks crushed to death

MANGALURU: : A six-year-old boy was crushed to death by a moving train when he attempted to cross the railway tracks at Jeppu here, police said on Sunday. The child, Muhammed Hussain Hafil, a resident of Mahakalipadpu, was returning home Saturday evening after buying some toffees from a shop when the incident occurred. An express train moving towards the north ran him down as the child was crossing the tracks, they said. The body was badly mutilated as the train dragged the boy for nearly 80 metres, officers added. Hafil’s younger brother Junaid and two others were with him. Seeing them cross the tracks, he ran to join them and did not notice the train coming.