Three people were killed and a fourth was seriously injured after a train struck four people on the Gharsisar railway track in Bikaner, Rajasthan, on Sunday afternoon, in an incident police say began with a couple standing on the tracks and two local men rushing in to save them.

Source: PTI via Jagran

The incident took place at around 1:30 pm on the Gharsisar track in the Jai Narayan Vyas Colony police station area of Bikaner district, Hindusthan Samachar reported. According to preliminary reports carried by Jagran, the couple had walked onto the track while arguing, and two men stepped onto the rails to pull them clear — but the train reached them before all four could get off the track.

The dead include the husband and wife, Hindusthan Samachar said. Station House Officer Devendra Singh told the news agency PTI that one of the deceased has been identified as Sanjeet Mochi, a resident of Darbhanga in Bihar, and that efforts were under way to establish the identities of the other two dead and of the injured man.

The train stopped at the spot after the collision. Teams from the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the local police reached the site, secured the area and took the seriously injured man to hospital, Jagran reported.

Identities and inquiry still under way

Police have not yet released the full list of the dead, and no official statement had been issued by the railways on the cause of the incident at the time of reporting. Officers said the identification process and further inquiry were continuing. Early local reports carried conflicting details about those involved; Awaaz Punjab is reporting only the toll and sequence confirmed by both PTI and Hindusthan Samachar.

The deaths add to a long national debate over people walking on or crossing railway tracks, which railway authorities repeatedly warn is among the leading causes of rail-related fatalities in India. This report will be updated as police confirm the remaining identities.