At least 16 people were killed in central India on Sunday when they were run over by a speeding train after getting off another train on a parallel line, authorities said. About a dozen people were also injured in the accident on the outskirts of Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state, spokesman of the state-run railway Anil Jain said.
"It was horrifying. It happened within seconds and they were all mowed down even before we could realise what was happening," a hawker said, who witnessed the incident.
Jain said the victims had got off a local shuttle train after it stopped at Sukhi Sevania village to give way to an express train.
"These people were loitering on the track and did not see the speeding train coming," Jain said.