Mangaluru: In an incident that occurred during the early hours of Thursday, a car reportedly ran over labourers who were sleeping on the footpath near the Mangaluru Railway station.

The injured labourers were taken to the Wenlock hospital. It is learned that more than 10 labourers belonging to other states were sleeping on the footpath when the incident took place.

Reportedly, during the early hours, a driver of the car lost control over his vehicle and crashed into several vehicles, and ran over the sleeping workers lying on the footpath.

Two labourers were reportedly injured in the accident.

Mangaluru City South Traffic police have undertaken an investigation.

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Bengaluru: Three people were killed when they were run over by a train near Byappanahalli railway station, police said on Thursday.

According to the police, the three persons who were on the track got run over by the Kannur Express, resulting in their instantaneous death.

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Two of them have been identified as Shashi Kumar and Lokesh from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, but the identity of the third victim could not be ascertained immediately, police said.

Lokesh was a cab driver and Shashi Kumar had recently come to the city in search of a livelihood.

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