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Man crossing tracks run over by train near Tiruvallur

According to the Arakkonam Government Railway Police (GRP), deceased Aravindhan alias Matthew (29) of Putlur was working as a loadman at a Tasmac godown in Kakkalur, Tiruvallur

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CHENNAI: A 29-year-old man, crossing the railway tracks, died after a train ran over him at Putlur Railway Station on Wednesday night.

According to the Arakkonam Government Railway Police (GRP), deceased Aravindhan alias Matthew (29) of Putlur was working as a loadman at a Tasmac godown in Kakkalur, Tiruvallur. On Wednesday night, he was on his way back home when crossing the tracks, a train from Chennai Central ran over him.

Based on the alert, the GRP recovered the body and sent it to a government hospital for autopsy.

A case was registered and an inquiry is under way. Aravindhan is survived by wife and a four-year-old daughter.

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