Man impaled by iron rod on board Delhi-Kanpur train
New Delhi/Aligarh, Dec 2: A passenger on board the Delhi-Kanpur Neelachal Express died on Friday after being impaled by an iron rod that broke through a glass window of the coach and struck him in the neck, an official said.
The freak accident took place around 8:45 am between Danwar and Somna in the Prayagraj division of the North Central Railway, the railway spokesperson said.
"One person died in the general coach by an external object (iron rod) which damaged the window. The train was stopped at the Aligarh junction at 09.23 hrs," the railway spokesperson said.
The deceased was identified as Hrishekesh Dubey (34), a native of Sultanpur who was living in Delhi. He was sitting by the window when the iron rod pierced his neck.
Sources said some work was underway on the tracks when the incident happened.
"The incident occurred some 35 kilometers before Aligarh railway station. The railway staff stopped the train at Aligarh and took Hrishekesh Dubey to hospital where the doctors declared him dead," Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO) of North Central Railway (NCR) Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay said.
"The body has been sent for postmortem examination and a probe has been ordered in the matter," the CPRO added.
Meanwhile, a pall of gloom has shrouded the house of Dubey in Sultanpur.
Hrishekesh Dubey was a native of Gopinathpur village under Chanda police station area of Sultanpur.
"Dubey was employed with a private firm in Delhi. He was on his way to attend a marriage function in Lucknow," deceased's cousin Rajeev Dubey told PTI.
"He is survived by his parents, wife Shalini and two children, daughter Arya (7) and son Ayansh (4)," Rajeev said.
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MP boat tragedy: Death toll climbs to 13; body of last missing person recovered
Jabalpur (PTI): The bodies of a five-year-old boy and his uncle were recovered from Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district on Sunday morning, raising the death toll in the cruise boat tragedy to 13, police said.
The boat, around 20 years old and operated by the state tourism department, capsized during a storm on Thursday evening.
"The bodies of Mayuram (5) and his uncle Kamraj (around 50), an employee of the Ordnance Factory in Khamaria, were found floating and were fished out of the dam," Bargi Sub Divisional Officer of Police Anjul Ayank Mishra told PTI over the phone.
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All 13 missing persons identified have now been accounted for, he said, adding the bodies were sent to a government hospital for postmortem.
Teams comprising around 20 Army divers airlifted from Agra, along with personnel from the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and local divers, were involved in the search operation, the police said.
Of the 41 identified passengers on board the vessel, 28 were rescued after the incident, according to the police.
The CCTV footage near the boarding point showed 43 people heading towards the boat, though the identities of 41 passengers have been confirmed so far, they said.
The state government on Friday ordered a probe into the incident and dismissed three crew members. It also banned the operation of similar vessels in the state.
