Chennai, May 12 -- In a tragic incident, two final year engineering students were run over by an express train while crossing the railway tracks near the St. Thomas Mount railway station in the city on Sunday evening.

Police said the victims, identified as Mohammed Nabul and Sabir Ahmed, both 20 years old and hailing from Perambalur district, were pursuing their studies at a private university in Chennai and residing in a hostel at suburban Adambakkam.

According to reports, the students after playing cricket near the railway station were returning to their hostel. They were chatting and crossing the railway tracks instead of using the foot overbridge, when the tragedy occurred.

On being alerted by the public, Government Railway Po...