LUCKNOW: A deadly accident unfolded at Mirzapur’s Chunar railway station on Wednesday morning when several devotees were run over by the Kalka Mail Express while attempting to cross the railway tracks, leaving six dead. The incident occurred around 9:30 am. How the incident unfolded Instead of using the foot overbridge to move toward Platform No. 3, a group of passengers tried to cross the tracks as a shortcut. At that time, the Kalka-bound Netaji Express (Train No. 12311), running at full speed and without a scheduled stop at Chunar, passed through and struck them. Eyewitnesses said the devotees had arrived by a passenger train from Chopan, which halted at Platform No. 4. As they began crossing the tracks to reach Platform No. 3, the Kalka Express—running at full speed a
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