Two men run over by train in Saudi Arabia

Two unidentified men were killed after they were run over by a cargo train at night in Saudi Arabia, newspapers in e Gulf Kingdom said on Thursday.

The train was travelling in the northern part of the country between the towns of Jouf and Hail after 10 pm when the driver felt that he hit something, they said.

Police interrogating the Asian driver said the two were killed on the spot, adding that there was no indication of any criminal act.

“The two have dark skin and we are still trying to identify them…they have been sent to the morgue pending the completion of investigation into the accident,” Hail police spokesman Colonel Abdul Aziz Al Zunaidi said.

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