2 children die after being hit by train

Two children, aged four and six, today died after being hit by a train near Achalda railway station in Auraiya district, police sources said here.

Rustam (4) and Kamini (6) were crossing the railway line with their parents when they were hit by Marudhar Express, the sources said, adding that they died on the spot.

Their bodies were later sent for postmortem.