Four killed in accidents in Khatima between Friday and Saturday night: train hits two men from Bangawan; bike and scooter riders die after hitting a parked truck and a dumper

Four people died in separate accidents in the Khatima area between Friday night and Saturday night. According to Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar, two men aged 30 and 40 from Bangawan village were killed when they were hit by train number 15020, running from Tanakpur to Dehradun, at about 8:20 pm on Saturday. The accident happened on the railway track between Khatima and Majhola near gate number 14/15, and the train stood for about 15 minutes. Khatima police took the bodies into custody and began an investigation; Bhaskar places the spot in Pilibhit district. According to Amar Ujala, on Friday night a 40-year-old man from Bhagchuri died when his bike hit a truck parked with a punctured tyre on the Pilibhit road; he was declared dead at hospital. On Saturday afternoon a scooter rider aged about 30 died on the spot when a dumper hit him on the Khatima bypass; kotwal Kamal Kumar Lunthi said Haldwani police have been contacted to identify him. Meanwhile, according to Hindustan, a 25-year-old former student union secretary of the Government College in Kichha, injured when a truck hit his bike three days ago, died during treatment on Saturday.