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This Article is From Nov 18, 2011

Youth dies trying to board moving train

Kanpur: A 21-year-old died when he slipped and fell on the tracks while attempting to board a moving train at a railway station here, police said today.

Rahul Dikshit, a polytechnic student, was trying to board the Banda Express when he slipped, Police said. Dikshit's both legs were cut off in the accident. The railway police rushed the victim to a local hospital from where he was referred to Kanpur Medical College.

He was declared dead on arrival at the medical college.

A 36-year-old dry fruit seller from Rajasthan was killed in a similar manner on November 16 at the Nizamuddin Railway Station in New Delhi when he slipped and fell on the tracks while trying to board a moving train.

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