Three-Year-Old Boy Killed, Two Children Injured After Being Hit by Train in Bihar

Chhapra, Oct 17 : A three-year-old boy was killed and two other children were injured after they were hit by a train near Tedha Halt station on the Chhapra Kachahari-Mashrakh railway section in Bihar’s Saran district on Saturday morning.

According to Government Railway Police (GRP) officials in Marhaura, the deceased was identified as Prem Kumar, son of Pawan Kumar, a resident of Tedha village.

The incident occurred when Prem Kumar and two other children were playing near the railway tracks. The Gorakhpur-Pataliputra train struck the children, killing Prem Kumar on the spot and injuring the other two, sources said.

Following information about the incident, GRP personnel rushed to the spot and sent the deceased boy’s body to Sadar Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The injured children were admitted to a hospital for treatment.

Police have registered an FIR and initiated an investigation into the incident, the sources added.