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Newly Married Couple Die After Falling From Machilipatnam Express Near Vangapalli

Railway police have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the fall.

Overview

  • The victims were identified as Korada Simhachalam, 25, and his 19-year-old wife, Bhavani, from Ravupalli in Andhra Pradesh.
  • They boarded the Machilipatnam Express at Secunderabad on Thursday night bound for Vijayawada to visit relatives, according to police.
  • Police said the pair were standing near a coach door after the train passed Vangapalli station when they slipped from the moving train.
  • Railway trackmen found the bodies along the Vangapalli–Aler line on Friday morning and alerted authorities.
  • A case was registered by railway police and the bodies were sent for postmortem, with officials noting Simhachalam worked for a chemical company in Hyderabad.