'Driver saw them sitting on tracks': Maha teens run over by train; were wearing headphones

NASHIK: Two teens sitting connected railway tracks with their headphones connected were mowed down by the Ahmedabad-Howrah Express bid adjacent Paldhi colony successful Maharashtra's Jalgaon territory connected Sunday.The deceased - Prashant Khairnar and Harshavardhan Nannavare - were aged betwixt 16 and 17 and lived successful Mahatma Phule Nagar, constabulary said.

The mishap occurred astir 11am."The 2 boys were spotted sitting connected the tracks adjacent Chandsar railway gross by the loco aviator of the train, which was heading to Jalgaon from Dharangaon," an serviceman with Paldhi outpost of Dharangaon PS said.According to the loco pilot's study to the presumption maestro of Paldhi railway station, the teens were wearing headphones and seemingly could not perceive the changeless whistles of the approaching train.Police said the accidental decease volition beryllium investigated. Both teens belonged to lower-middle-class families. Their houses were situated successful a colony, hardly 300m from the railway tracks, cops said.