On Kartik Purnima - Express Train Crushed Four Women to Death in India

Women Take Holy Dip on Kartik Purnima

LUCKNOW, India (Nov. 10) – An express train crushed four women to death today (Thursday, Nov. 10) morning while two other were injured severely in the same accident.

Reportedly, the victim women were belonged to Delhi and were returning after participating in a ritual to observe Kartik Purnima - thousands of people take a dip in the Ganges and other rivers to worship Lord Shiva.

The ladies were knocked down by Faizabad-Delhi Express while crossing the tracks near the Garhmukteshwar railway station in Panchsheel Nagar district (Uttar Pradesh). Four of them, including three sisters and one of their cousins, were killed on the spot while two are being treated at a hospital where their condition is stated to be serious.

Names of the victims are disclosed as Sonia (15), Neelam (22) and Suman (28) died along with their relative Gunjan (24).