Fire rumour: 3 die jumping off a train and hit by another train

New Delhi: Following rumours of fire, three passengers of the Sasaram Intercity Express jumped off the train on Friday evening and got killed after being hit by a goods train on the adjacent track, PTI reported, citing officials.

Some of the passengers were injured in the incident around 8 pm at Kumandih railway station in Dhanbad Division, its Divisional Railway Manager said.

"A rumour was spread by some miscreants that a fire has broken out in the train which caused a stampede. Many passengers jumped off the train on the adjacent track. A goods train was coming from the other direction and ran over them. Three were killed.

Some of them have been injured," he told PTI over the phone.