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Four laborers from Tamil Nadu were hit by an express train near Palakkad in Kerala and died on the spot. The tragic accident occurred when workers clearing the tracks were hit by a train. The accident occurred on a railway overpass constructed over the Bharatapuzha river in Shoranur. The deceased have been identified as Valli, Rani, Lakshmanan and another unidentified person from Tamil Nadu. Two women were among the dead.
According to information provided by the police, the Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram Express train hit four people in Dandawala while traveling near Sholanur Bridge at 3.05 pm on Saturday.
Accident occurred while clearing railway tracks
According to information provided by the police, these workers were cleaning garbage on the tracks. Workers were struck by trains. After the collision, he fell off the track. Three bodies have been found at the incident site and another body is said to be floating in the Bharatapuzha river. The police are busy recovering the bodies.
The deceased have been identified as Lakshmanan, Rani and Valli from Tamil Nadu. One of the bodies is still being searched but has not yet been identified.
Worker dies while cleaning
Sholanur Railway Police said the workers may not have seen the approaching train. So, this accident happened and the train hit him. Police have started investigating the entire incident. Apart from this, no train stopped in Shoranur area, so preliminary investigation revealed that the speeding train claimed the lives of four people.
It is understood that the four deceased were all contract workers. A train accident in Kerala killed four Tamil Nadu workers, triggering an uproar. The Tamil Nadu government has expressed condolences to the family of the deceased.
