Visakhapatnam: Five people were run over by the Bhubaneswar-CST Mumbai Konark Express between Cheepurupalli and G Sigadam section under Srikakulam district on Monday evening.
Sources said a few people travelling in Train 12515 Coimbatore-Silcher Express stopped the train on the Visakhapatnam-Palasa mainline between Sigadam and Chipurupalli and alighted. As they were crossing the tracks, they came under the wheels of the Konark Express.
The five bodies were carried in the train to Srikakulam Road station. An ambulance was arranged by the railway authorities for shifting the bodies to the government hospital.
The Srikakulam collector ordered medical officers, RDO and others to rush to the accident spot for a preliminary investigation. The railway police from Vizianagaram and Srikakulam Road also reached the spot.
