Five persons were run over by trains at level crossings in three different locations in western Odisha on Friday and Saturday.
Three persons, Jitendra Bag (20), Bhakta Kalo (22) and Upendra Khadia, (25) from Balanda village of Pandari panchayat in Jharsuguda district’s Belpahar police station area were hit by the Azad Hind Express at Belpahar level-crossing on Friday evening. Jitendra and Bhakta died on the spot. Upendra succumbed to his injuries later at a local hospital.
A youth, Arya Kumar Ashim, slipped from the Durg-Puri Express at Balangir station on Saturday and died on the spot. On the other hand, Kanhu Mirdha from Ghumka village in Sadar police station area, was crossing Hatibari level crossing on his tractor when the Sambalpur-Puri Intercity Express hit him on Saturday morning, killing him on the spot.
