Keonjhar: Walking on the railway tracks proved to be fatal for a woman. Gouri Panda of Bodapalasa village was crossing the tracks when she was hit by a train at Bodapalasa under Sadar block in Keonjhar district on Monday.
Gouri’s brother Rashmi Ranjan Mishra mans the Raisuan level crossing gate. She had called him on Sunday night to say that she would visit him on Monday morning.
Gouri, who was hard of hearing made the mistake of walking on the tracks to cut short the distance between Bodapalasa and Raisuan.
Gouri did not know that Visakhapatnam Passenger was fast approaching from behind on the same tracks. Being deaf, she also failed to hear the blare of the engine. The train hit her near Gambharia pond and killed her instantly.
Keonjhar Town police reached the spot and seized the body. It was later sent to Keonjhar district headquarters hospital (DHH) for postmortem.
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