Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, Aug 25: A teenager died after he was hit by a speeding train while he was crossing a railway track near Shirur Neerugadde, at about 11.30 AM on Thursday, August 25.
The deceased has been identified as Sampath Poojary (17), a resident of Mudramakki Shirur village, Byndoor.
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Sampath Poojary was a second year PUC student at Byndoor Junior College and was at home due to semester examination. He was walking from his residence at Mudramakki to the house of his grandmother across the railway tracks to prepare for the examination. He had earphones plugged in his ears. As the train was running on electricity he could not hear the noise of the incoming train and was hit.
A case in this connection is registered at Byndoor police station.