Hoshiarpur, February 25 Two migrant laborers were killed after they were hit by a train near the town of Mukerian, police said on Wednesday.
The accident occurred on Tuesday night near the Alipur railway crossing, about six kilometers from Mukerian, on the Jalandhar-Pathankot railway track, they said.
Mukerian railway police post in-charge, Assistant Sub-Inspector Malkeet Singh Bajwa, said the two men were crossing the railway line at night when they were struck by a passing train.
Chandan Paswan (37) and Rajan Rishi (40), both from Bihar, died on the spot in the accident, he added.
Police said their families have been informed, and the bodies have been kept at the mortuary of the Civil Hospital in Mukerian for post-mortem.
