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20 cows run over by goods train in Haryana

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Press Trust of India Ambala (Har)
Twenty cows were today run over by a goods train on Ambala-Saharanpur rail section near Ambala Cantt, police said.

While 20 of them died on the spot, two more sustained major injuries, they said.

The cows, owned by a migrant shepherd belonging to Rajasthan, were grazing on the rail track near Durala village when the train ran over them, a police official said.

Following the incident, the train halted there for sometime, he said, adding that the matter was being probed.

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First Published: Jun 28 2015 | 8:02 PM IST

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