Teen boy, girl killed hit by train in Kollam

MEMU train
The duo were reportedly mowed down by a MEMU train near Keralapuram around 8.50 pm on Saturday. Representational Image| Manorama

Kollam: A boy and girl were killed after a train hit them at Kundara on the Kollam-Sengottai railway line here on Saturday. 

Karthik (15) from Mambuzha and Malavika (15) from Puthankulangara were reportedly mowed down by a MEMU train near Keralapuram around 8.50 pm on Saturday.

After the accident, the loco pilot stopped the train immediately and informed the control room. Following the accident, the Railways halted the train for nearly an hour.

The bodies were shifted to Kollam district hospital mortuary.

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