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Selfie leads to death of 3 students

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Press Trust of India Howrah(WB)
One student was killed when he fell down from a running train trying to take a selfie, while two of his friends were run over and killed by another train when they were searching for him in the tracks in Howrah district today, GRP sources said.

A group of students were taking selfies near the door of an EMU train when suddenly one of them fell down from it and was killed between Liluah and Belur railway stations, Government Railway Police (GRP) sources said.

When the train slowed down, four other students alighted from the train in search of their friend who had fallen down but two of them were killed and as many injured when another train coming from the opposite direction hit them, the GRP sources said.
 

The injured have been admitted to hospital, they added.

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First Published: Apr 13 2017 | 9:28 PM IST

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