On Tuesday morning, two students were killed and four others were injured after hitting a train at a railway crossing in Kudalore district of Tamil Nadu. Investigators said that the tragedy started with a mechanical failure, allowing the train to be passed without closing the railway gate.
The incident took place at around 7.45 pm as the van was waving the children at Krishnaswamy Vidyantikan Senior Secondary School of Kumarapuram. Kudalore Superintendent of Police S Jaikumar said that it was the Vilupuram-Milduthurai passenger train that killed the vehicle.
A 16 and year -old girl and a 12 and year -old boy were killed in the accident. The injured include the driver of the van, two children-one in critical condition-and a local resident, who was reportedly faced a non-telling electric shock during an chaotic rescue operation.
Local emergency services rushed all the injured to a government hospital near Kudalore, where they are receiving treatment. The driver remains in an important but stable position.
A senior police officer said that manually operated gate, railway level crossing gate no. Between 170 Kudundal and Alappakam, there was no indication that a train was coming, nor was it closed. “We are investigating the role of the guard,” the official said.
Preliminary reports from railway officials indicate that the level crossing gate was not closed at time. Although the crossing should have been operated, the investigators are now questioning the signalman assigned to this place whether human error and negligence also contributed to failure.
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