A 24-year-old girl was hit by train while she was walking on the railway track near Sevashram today morning at around 9:40 am.

Rajni Sahu d/o Babulal Sahu, resident of Sevashram area was going to the main road when a train coming from behind knocks her down with severe injuries on head. She was rushed to a hospital with the help of locals and railway police. Rajni was declared dead by doctors of M.B Hospital.

According to Police, the information was provided by few locals who had seen her walking on the track and allegedly talking on mobile phone before the mishap. A mobile sim card and mobile flap was found from the accident spot.

Rajni was a student at ITI College Pratapnagar and she was residing with her maternal uncle Pushkar Lal while Rajni’s father stays at Mori village, Daroli.

According to her uncle Pushkar Lal, she left home at around 9:15 am in the morning on Thursday, April 12, 2012 and walked till Sevashram Main Road from where she used to take auto rickshaw for Pratap Nagar.

report by Sohail Khan