New Delhi:
A two-year-old girl had a miraculous escape while her father was killed after they were hit by a train here, police said Tuesday.
Rajesh Thakur, 25, who hailed from Madhubani in Bihar, died after the Kalka Mail hit him around 10 p.m. Monday while he was crossing a railway track in north Delhi's Samaipur Badli.
His daughter Pooja escaped with injuries.
"It seems that Thakur failed to spot the train that was heading towards Karnal in Haryana from Delhi," said the official.
Thakur was a barber. He is survived by wife Rinku Devi and three daughters.