Gujarat: Speeding goods train kills two women labourers at Vapi

SURAT: Two women labourers were killed on the railway bridge on the Daman-Ganga river between Vapi and Karambeli railway station in Valsad district in the early hours of Saturday. Sources said the incident occurred about 5am when the duo was crossing the railway bridge and a speeding goods train going towards Valsad knocked them down.
It is believed that the women were walking in the middle of the track as the movement of passenger trains have stopped due to the nation-wide lockdown.
A team of Vapi town police immediately rushed to the spot and sent the bodies for post mortem at the Vapi public health centre (PHC).
Vapi town police said, “The women were labourers and were going to their native due to the lockdown. As train movement have been stopped, the deceased were walking in the middle of the tracks, unmindful of the fact that that a goods train was approaching them from behind.”
The officer further said that the police found the bodies lying on the tracks and there wasn’t anybody around. We are yet to ascertain the identity of the women, he added.
A statement from the Western Railway (WR) said, “Two women crossing tracks at 5am got hit by a speeding goods train between Vapi and Karambeli railway station. People should keep away from railway tracks and not cross or walk over them as goods trains are being run to supply essential commodities to various parts of the country for general public in the lockdown.”