Lineman, two daughters killed at Gowdavalli railway station in Medchal

The man Krishna, works as a railway lineman and resides along with his family at Raghavendranagar Medchal.

Hyderabad: A railway key man and his two daughters were killed when a train hit them at Gowdavalli railway station Medchal on Sunday.

The victims were T Krishna (38), Varshita (11) and Varini (5), residents of Sri Sai Nilayam, Raghavendranagar.

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According to the Government Railway Police, Secunderabad, Krishna worked as a key man and had come for duty near the Gowdavalli railway station on Sunday afternoon.

“While Krishna was continuing with his routine work, the girls came on the tracks. Meanwhile, the Rayalaseema Express came at a speed and on noticing it Krishna rushed to save his daughters but the trio were run over by the train,” Government Railway Police Secunderabad Inspector, Sai Eshwar Goud.

On information, the railway police reached the spot and shifted the bodies to the Gandhi Hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination.

A pall of gloom descended at Raghavendranagar colony after the local people came to know the news of the deaths and gathered near the house.

The girls were studying at a local school and well-mannered and good at studies, a neighbour told media persons.

Meanwhile, the SCR authorities ordered an enquiry into the incident.