PESHAWAR: A college student was killed when he was hit by a train while crossing a railway line in Akora Khattak tehsil of Nowshera district on Tuesday.

Police said the student of a local college, identified as 23-year-old Shuaib Ali, was crossing the railway line when a train coming from Peshawar struck him.

The student was badly injured and rushed to a nearby hospital where he breathed his last. The body of the student, hailing from Labour Colony, Akora Khattak was later shifted to his house.

Published in Dawn, October 30th, 2024

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