THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two visually-challenged individuals have lost their lives after being hit by a train at the Kadakkavoor railway station here late on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Bijo Varghese and Shaji Daniel from Tiruvalla and Seethathodu respectively in Pathanamthitta district. According to police, both the deceased were in the district to attend a public function at the Blind School in Varkala.
The incident occurred when the duo were catching the return train from Anchuthengu where they had visited a mutual friend. Though Bijo was rushed to the hospital he could not be saved, while the body of Shaji was recovered from the railway track on Sunday morning. The bodies have been returned to the family of the deceased after autopsy at the Government Medical College here, police said.
The incident follows a similar incident at Thrissur a fortnight ago when two blind people were killed after a KSRTC bus rammed onto them.
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