Jaipur, January 19: Five persons including two women were killed and three others injured today when a jeep in which they were travelling rammed into a running train at an unmanned railway crossing in Rajasthan”s Churu district, a senior police official said. The Rewari-Sadulpur-Hisar train was hit by the jeep at Sheopur-ki-Dhani village between Surajpura and Jhunpa railway stations at the unmanned crossing at around 11 AM. There was no damage to train bogies and it left for its destination after a short halt, a North-Western Railways spokesman said.
The deceased in today”s mishap included two women and three men, Churu SP Nishar Ahmed Farooqui told PTI on phone. The injured were rushed to a government hospital in Churu, the SP said adding that the family of eight members was on its way to Hissar to attend a mourning.
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