Two labourers were killed and as many others injured after being run over by a goods train while they were resting on the railway tracks in Chhattisgarh's Balod district on Tuesday (June 10, 2025), police said.
The incident took place in the wee hours between Dallirajhra and Kusumkasa stations Dallirajhra-Durg rail route, an official here said.
As per preliminary information, nearly 11 labourers, including the victims, were heading towards Kusumkasa on foot on the railway tracks.
Five of them sat on the tracks to rest and at that time a goods train arrived there, the official said.
While one of them shouted to alert the other persons and managed to escape, four others were hit by the train, he said.
