Kasaragod (Kerala), Sep 14: Three women were killed after being hit by a train while crossing a railway track near Kanhangad railway station in this district on Saturday night, police said.

The deceased were identified as Chinnamma (70), Angel (30) and Alice Thomas (60) from Chingavanam in southern Kottayam district.

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They were reportedly part of a group of family members who came to attend a wedding at a nearby place.

According to police, the mishap happened when they walked across the railway track to reach the respective platform at the railway station. A superfast express train hit them fatally and all the three women died on the spot.

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Kanker (PTI): Six members of a family were killed and three others seriously injured after two cars collided on National Highway-30 in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.

The accident occurred late Thursday night near Nathia Navagaon village under Kanker Kotwali police station limits, a senior police official said.

Citing preliminary information, he said seven members of the Mandavi family from Udkuda village in the Charama area were returning from a wedding in Chivaraj village when their car collided with a vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

The impact left both vehicles badly mangled.

Six persons, including three women, a child and two men, died on the spot in one car, while another passenger was seriously injured, he said. Two persons in the other car also suffered grievous injuries.

On being alerted about it, Superintendent of Police Nikhil Rakhecha and other police officials rushed to the spot.

The injured were shifted to the Kanker Medical College hospital, he said.

Police said further investigation into the incident is underway.