Kupwara Youth Crushed to Death by Train in Budgam

This is the second such incident in the last 24 hours as on Monday morning, another man was crushed to death at Budgam railway section. Earlier on Saturday also, a 20-year-old youth was killed after being hit by a train in Baramulla district.

SRINAGAR — A 25-year-old youth was killed after being hit by a moving train near Wanabal area of Rawalpora Rangreth in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday.

An official said that the youth Zakir Ahmad Khatana son of Ghulam Ahmad Khatana of Lolab Kupwara was crossing the railway track when the train came and hit him killing him on the spot.

This is the second such incident in the last 24 hours as on Monday morning, another man was crushed to death by a moving train at Budgam railway section. Earlier on Saturday also, a 20-year-old youth was killed after being hit by a train in between the Hamre-Sopore railway section in Baramulla district.