Guj: 5 students killed, 7 hurt as car rams into goods train

VADODARA: Five students were killed and seven others injured when their car rammed into a speeding goods train at an unmanned level crossing in neighbouring Bharuch district, a senior official said on Monday.

The victims, all students of a madrasa in Bharuch, were returning from an event, when their car collided with the train last evening at Dayadara village, around 110 kms from here, Western Railway’s Vadodara division PRO Meena Kumar said.

There were 11 students and a driver in the car at the time of the mishap, he said.

All the students were rushed to a nearby hospital where five of them were declared brought dead, he said.

The injured students and the driver were undergoing treatment in the same hospital, Kumar said.

A probe has been ordered by the railway authorities into the mishap, he added.

Details about the victims were not yet available. SAMBHAL: Three persons were killed and four others injured on Monday when a speeding truck ran over them on the Sambhal-moradabad road here, police said.

The accident occurred this morning when the truck collided with a pickup truck and later ran over the persons, who were sitting next to a bonfire, Circle Officer, Sambhal, Gamleshwar Viltoria said.

The impact of the collision was so huge that the pickup truck overturned, he said.

The deceased have been identified as Mukesh (58), Islam (45) and Jabar Singh (40). JAMUI: Five persons were killed when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a roadside tree in Bihar’s Jamui district on Monday, police said. Station House Officer (SHO) of Chandramandih police station, Dipak Kumar said the incident occurred on Deoghar-chakai main road near Bishunpur village. All the five persons - aged between 30 to 35 years - were killed on the spot, the SHO said.

Three persons, including a college student were killed and five injured when the car in which were travelling rammed into a parked lorry near Sulur on the city’s outskirts, police said on Monday.

All the injured have been hospitalised, they said.