Incident took place near Nungambakkam Railway Station while they were walking on the trackIn a gruesome incident, four workers from Odisha were run over by an EMU (electric multiple unit) train near Nungambakkam Railway Station on Wednesday as they were walking on the track. He was immediately put on the train and sent to Park Station, closest to the government hospital. According to police, the EMU train no 40082 (Tambaram to Beach) was coming from Nungambakkam Railway Station. The four victims were aged between 25 and 30, police said, adding that they had not noticed the train approaching from the rear and were walking on the track near Pachiyappa’s College towards Chetpet. Following the train guard’s alert and the Railway Protection Force personnel and Railway Police’s arrival on the spot, their bodies were sent for post-mortem.

Source: The Hindu September 08, 2016 00:45 UTC