A 28-year-old woman and a 17-year-old teenaged boy were fatally knocked down by a express train near Manakkal between Lalgudi and Kattur in the district on Saturday night. According to Government Railway Police sources, the two trespassed on the track when they were knocked down by the Chennai-Kanyakumari Express killing them on the spot.On information, the railway police personnel inspected the spot. The bodies were sent for autopsy to the Lalgudi Government Hospital and handed over to their respective family members. The deceased woman, whose identity the railway police gave as S. Bhuvaneswari, and the teenaged boy were relatives. The Government Railway Police, Vriddhachalam, are investigating. Published - July 12, 2026 08:21 pm IST