Chennai: In a shocking mishap, three persons were including a seven-year-old boy were run over by a train near Ambur early this morning. They were coming to the station to board a train to Chennai.
According to reports, locals spotted three crushed bodies and immediately informed the railway authorities. Ambur Station Master alerted Jolarpet police.
Senior police officials visited the place and sent the bodies for postmortem. Enquiries revealed that the deceased Shankar (45), Bhanumathy (50) and her grandson Nithish (7) were residents of Karuppur village nearby.
They were planning to go to Chennai and crossed the track without noticing a speeding train approaching them. Railway officials said that though there is a subway, people continue to cross railway track throwing safety to the wind.