West Bengal : Two dead while taking selfie on railway bridge
Bengal, February 13: In an attempt to click ‘selfie’ near a railway bridge over the Cossye River in Midnapore, West Bengal two lives were lost, leaving one of them critically injured.
The incident happened on Saturday when a group of three people were hit by a local train while they were taking selfies.
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The injured person was rescued by the Railway Police and was rushed to the hospital.
Railway Senior Section Engineer Biswajit Bala said, "Everyone is forbidden to climb on this part of the railway line. Despite the ban, many people are taking selfies on the train tracks. However, they did not move and ran along the line. So this accident happened."
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It was reported that this group of youngsters came to the place for the picnic and were taking selfies with their friends on the railway tracks when a local train from Midnapore to Howrah came on that line and hit them , stated an eyewitness which was at the station at the time of accident.
-PTC News
