16 crushed to death by train in Surat

SURAT: At least 16 people, including three women and two children, were crushed to death by a train in Udhna town of Gujarat's Surat district, railway officials said.

The accident occurred at South Kankrakhadi in Udhna, about three kilometres from Surat, at about 11 pm on Wednesday.
Bodies of victims were spotted besides the track by a driver of another train.

Those dead were reportedly labourers and their family members, who had come to Udhana in the Taptiganga Express that runs from Varanasi to Surat, officials said.

After getting off the train at Udhana station, the people were walking on the railway track when they were run over by a train.

The driver of train 'Flying Rani', which runs between Surat and Mumbai, immediately informed the authorities of the incident, Railway Police Inspector H M Patel said.

Investigations were on to determine the circumstances under which the accident took place, he added.