Two persons were killed and 17 injured in a stampede on a foot overbridge at Santragachi railway station in West Bengal on Tuesday around 6.30 pm after announcements were made about simultaneous arrival of trains on platforms connected by the overbridge.
The incident occurred between platform numbers two and three at Santragachi station in Howrah when Nagercoil-Shalimar Express and two EMU locals arrived there around the same time and passengers rushed to the platforms to board the trains, South Eastern Railway spokesman Sanjay Ghosh said.
“Two persons have died in the stampede,” said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
