MUMBAI, Aug. 14 -- A police constable was hit by a train at the Nalasopara railway station while he was trying to cross the tracks on Tuesday. An ambulance was called to rush him to the hospital, but he died during the transport. The deceased, Ganesh Raul, 32, was attached to the Samata Nagar police station in Kandivali. He lived with his family in Nalasopara and usually took a Churchgate-bound train at platform number 4 to reach Kandivli. Kailash Barve, assistant commissioner of police, said Raul had asked for permission to come in late for work on Tuesday. As he was already running late, Raul avoided the footover bridge and tried to cross the tracks directly. At around 2.30pm, a Virar-bound train hit him, said a GRP officer. The station master informed the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the ambulance. Senior police inspector Bhagwan Dange of Vasai GRP said an accidental death report has been registered.megha sood...