Mumbai, January 23: Three staffers of the Western Railway (WR) died after being run over by a local train near Vasai in Palghar district while they were fixing a signalling issue, police officials said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred at 8.55 pm on Monday between Vasai Road and Naigaon stations when the local was going towards Churchgate, an official of the Government Railway Police (GRP) said. Train Accident in Navi Mumbai: Man Busy on Call Gets Crushed to Death at Juinagar Railway Station, Disturbing Video Goes Viral.

The deceased were identified as chief signalling inspector (Bhayandar) Vasu Mitra, electrical signalling maintainer (Vasai Road) Somnath Uttam Lambutre and helper Sachin Wankhade. All these staffers were from the signalling department of the WR's Mumbai division, he said. Mumbai Local Train Accident Video: Youth Gets Hit By Speeding Train While Washing Tiffin on Malad Railway Station, Dies.

They had gone to fix some signalling point that failed on Monday evening, the official said. The Western Railway has ordered an inquiry into the incident, officials said. The authorities have paid Rs 55,000 each to the family members of the three deceased as immediate relief, they said.