Briefs: Man killed after being hit by train in Samba dist

A 25-year-old man was killed after being hit by a Delhi-bound train in Samba district, an official said on Monday.

Efforts are underway to identity the deceased, who was crossing the track when the Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express hit him in the Bari Brahmana area late on Sunday, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said.

The mutilated body of the deceased has been shifted to the Government Medical College (GMC) here for legal formalities and identification, the official said.

Cop injured in Jammu landslide

Jammu: A police officer was injured on Monday after his private car was hit by a landslide triggered by rain near here, officials said.

The probationary DSP was on his way to his place of posting in Samba when the landslide damaged his car outside a tunnel near the Ban toll plaza in the Nagrota area along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the officials said. The officer was rescued and shifted to a hospital where his condition was stated to be stable, they said. The car suffered extensive damage in the incident.

The landslide also blocked a part of the highway. — PTI