Three youths run over, killed by train in Bihar

Three youths were today run over and killed by an express train here when they were trying to cross a railway track, a GRP official said.

The Gandhidham bound Kamakhya Express from Assam knocked the three youths down at around 10 am when they were crossing tracks near Lakhminiya station, Begusarai GRP station chief Haroon Rasheed said.

Lakhminiya station falls under the Barauni-Khagaria rail section of the East Central Railway zone.

Rashed said the deceased have been identified as Mohd Shamshul, Raj Kumar Poddar and Mohd Insaf.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination.