Train runs over 2 boys taking selfies on railway bridge in Uttarakhand

April 22, 2024 10:51 am

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The Fact News Service

Dehradun, June 26

Two teenagers were run over by a train while they were taking selfies on a railway bridge in the Roorkee town of Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district.

The accident occurred on Saturday evening, Laksar police station in-charge Mamta Gola said on Monday.

Siddharth Saini (19) and 16-year-old Shivam Saini were knocked down by the Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express when they were taking selfies on the Dosni railway bridge, she said.

They had come to Laksar from their village with their families to perform a religious ritual on the banks of the Solani river, Gola said.

Unaware that the Delhi-bound train was speeding towards them, the teenagers climbed the railway bridge across the river to take selfies, the police officer said.