Katihar, Bihar:
Nine people have reportedly been killed in Katihar in Bihar, after a 3-wheeler was hit by the Guwahati-Delhi Rajdhani express on Saturday.
The train running at a speed between 90 and 100 kmph hit the autorickshaw as the auto driver tried to cross the tracks at Khaira under Dandakhora police station, Divisional Commercial Manager, North Frontier Railway (Katihar), A K Sinha said.
Bodies of the victims, all passengers of the autorickshaw, lay scattered on both sides of the tracks as the train went ahead and stopped only at Katihar railway station, he said.
The NF Railway authorities and civil authorities have ordered an inquiry into the incident.
The Railways have announced a compensation of two lakh rupees to the next of kin of the deceased.