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Two youth wearing earphone crushed by train in Darbhanga

Two youth wearing earphone killed and another was critically injured after they came under the wheels of train in Darbhanga.

Darbhanga, Dec 13: Two youths were killed and another youth was critically injured after they came under the wheels of a train while sitting on railway tracks and listening to music, the railway police said today.

The incident happened last night between gate number 24 and 25, about 1 km from Darbhanga station.

2 killed while listening to music

Three youths sat on the railway tracks and were engrossed in music from their mobile phones with headphones in plugged their ears, the police said.

They could not hear the horn of the Samastipur-Darbhanga-Raxaul DMU and came under the wheels of the train, officer-in-charge of railway police N K Singh said.

While Mohammad Umar died on the spot, another youth identified as Mohammad Sohail, died on the way to hospital, Singh said. The third youth Mohammad Shabir was battling for his life at the Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Singh added.

PTI

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