Greater Noida, Oct. 14 -- A 20-year-old man was crushed to death under a speeding train in a freak accident on Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle slipped while he tried to cross a closed railway barrier in Dadri, Greater Noida, police said on Monday.

The victim, identified by police as Tushar Kumar, a resident of Datawali village, was returning home when he attempted to cross the Boraki railway crossing from under the closed barrier, officials said. "As he came on the track, he suddenly applied brakes on spotting a train and tripped," said a police officer, requesting anonymity.

CCTV footage from the site captured the horrifying sequence of events in just 12 seconds. The video shows Tushar manoeuvring his motorcycle across the tracks...