Title - 5 die as truck collides with moving train

Ferozepur : Five youths from Jhoke Harihar village were killed in a mishap at an unmanned railway crossing near Saidawala last night.The deceased were identified as Billa, Hira, Ajay, Ravi and Nishan. They had reportedly gone to Saidawala village to buy buffalo. When coming back, the Tata truck they were traveling in collided with the Jaipur-Amritsar Express train as a result of which all of them died on the spot.Family members of deceased Billa and Hira, who were brothers, said they both took three of their friends along with them. Due to heavy storm and thunder showers, they had closed the windowpanes of the truck and could not spot the fast moving train.MP Sher Singh Ghubaya, MLA Joginder Singh, DC S Karuna Raju and other officials visited the mortuary of the civil hospital today where the bodies of the youths were kept.