Five persons killed as jeep rams into train in Rajasthan

Five persons including two women were killed and three others injured today when a jeep in which they were travelling rammed into a running train at an unmanned railway crossing in Rajasthan's Churu district, a senior police official said.
   
The Rewari-Sadulpur-Hisar train was hit by the jeep at Sheopur-ki-Dhani village between Surajpura and Jhunpa railway stations at the unmanned crossing at around 11 am. There was no damage to train bogies and it left for its destination after a short halt, a North-Western Railways spokesman said.
   
The deceased in today's mishap included two women and three men, Churu SP Nishar Ahmed Farooqui told PTI on phone.
   
The injured were rushed to a government hospital in Churu, the SP said adding that the family of eight members was on its way to Hissar to attend a mourning.