While 3 bodies were retrieved from the area, efforts are being made to find the fourth. (File)
Four sanitary workers, including 2 women from Tamil Nadu, were killed aft being deed by the Thiruvananthapuram-bound Kerala Express adjacent Shoranur Railway Station connected Saturday evening, the Railway constabulary said.
The New Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram bid struck the workers astir 3.05 p.m. portion they were clearing garbage from the railway way adjacent Shoranur bridge, located a fewer kilometers from the railway station.
The workers, contracted by the Railways for sanitation duties, were thrown from the way owed to the collision’s impact. While 3 bodies were retrieved from the area, efforts are being made to find the fourth, which is suspected to person fallen into the Bharathapuzha River, constabulary said.
A squad from the Railway Police reached the spot.
“The workers whitethorn not person noticed the approaching train, which resulted successful the accident, but further investigations are underway,” said an serviceman with Shoranur Railway Police.