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MUMBAI: Tragedy stuck twice at the Palghar railway station on Thursday when two persons were killed on the tracks within a few minutes of each other.

Noman Shaikh (26) was waiting on platform number three for the Surat-Mumbai Central Flying Rani Express around 8am. As the train pulled into the platform, Shaikh tried to hold on to a handle on one of the coaches but lost his grip and fell on the tracks. He missed the handle, lost his grip and fell onto the tracks.

Shaikh, who worked for a real estate firm in Jogeshwari, , who worked for a real estate firm in Jogeshwari, got dragged by the train for some distance, eyewitnesses said. and his body landed at the south end of the platform.

A resident of Shirgaon in Palghar, Shaikh worked for a real estate firm in Jogeshwari and was a regular passenger on the Flying Rani. He had got married in February this year.

After Shaikh's body was removed, the Flying Rani was moved to the siding platform to let the Delhi-Mumbai August Kranti Rajdhani Express pass. That's when Alpesh Mhaskar (17), a Class X student of Jeevan Vikas School, Palghar, decided to cross the tracks near the Navli crossing. A resident of Dungipada

He was hit by the Rajdhani Express, which was gathering speed, and died on the spot.

Eyewitnesses said that the boy was warned by the people waiting for the Rajdhani to pass. The boy, however, proceeded to cross as he was getting late for his tuitions.

The Palghar railway police registered accidental death cases and handed over the bodies to the families of the victims.