Chennai, July 8 -- Three students were killed and two others injured when the school
van in which they were going to school was hit by a speeding passenger train at a Railway
level crossing in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu today.
The gatekeeper was arrested and the Southern Railway authorities have taken steps
to terminate him from service.
Two of the deceased students were identified as Nimilesh (12) and Sarumathi (16).
The impact of the collision was such that the school van was blown into pieces.
An ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each to the next of kin of deceased, Rs 2.5 lakh to the grievously
injured and Rs 50,000 for other injured persons will be disbursed by Railway today.
Southern Railway said today morning at around 07:45 A...