Uttar Pradesh: A class 10 student has died after falling from the roof of a hostel in Siswa town of this district, police said Friday.
Around 12:30 am Vivek Gupta (15) fell from the roof of the Chokhraj Inter college hostel, they said, adding the victim was a resident of the Kubersthan area of Kushinagar district.
It is not clear how he fell from the roof of the hostel, Superintendent of Police Kaustubh said, adding a probe into the matter was underway.
Earlier, a 19-year-old woman with her earphones plugged in died after being hit by a speeding train near Gumgaon railway station in Nagpur district on Wednesday morning, police said.
According to the police, Gurav came to Gumgaon from Takalghat village, where she was staying with a relative, by a bus in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Aarti Madan Gurav, originally hailed from Satona village in Bhandara district. She was a student of Wainganga Engineering College in Dongargaon in Nagpur.
The accident occurred when she was crossing the railway track and failed to notice an oncoming train.
(With inputs from PTI)
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