In a tragic incident, a railway employee was crushed to death during a shunting operation at the Barauni Junction in Bihar’s Begusarai district.
The deceased was identified as Amar Kumar Raut (25), a resident of Samastipur district.
The incident took place on Saturday morning when Raut was decoupling the engine of Lucknow Junction-Barauni Express (Train No: 15204) at platform number 5 at Barauni Junction, when the train driver suddenly reversed the engine, trapping the railway worker between the buffers, resulting his death on the spot.
A buffer is a shock-absorbing device on both ends of a train’s engine and coach, designed to reduce the impact of collisions between bogies.
A horrifying video showing Raut’s body trapped between the buffers has gone viral on social media platforms.