Bareilly: A travelling ticket examiner (TTE) died in an accident after coming under the Himgiri Express train. The 46-year-old man, Darshan Pal, was from Moradabad and was on duty on the Lucknow-Moradabad route. The train had halted at the Bareilly Railway Station, where he tried to get off. The platform was wet due to heavy rainfall. He slipped and succumbed to his injuries on the spot.
According to officials, the train was moving from Howrah to Jammu Tawi. It had a brief halt scheduled at the Bareilly junction around 1 am, where the TTE had tried to deboard and lost control after his foot slipped.
Soon after the incident, the Moradabad Railway Control Room was informed about the mishap. Railway officials of the regional headquarters along with CIT Vijayant Kumar Sharma rushed to Bareilly.
