<p>As many as 26 new two-wheelers, being transported in a lorry to a showroom in the City, were gutted in a fire mishap near Dr Rajkumar Road in Rajajinagar in the early hours of Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bikes worth Rs 12 lakh were destroyed in the fire. No casualties were reported in the incident.<br /><br />According to the fire department personnel, the driver of the truck Gururaj noticed smoke emanating from the engine at around 2 am. He got down from the truck and noticed fire in the engine. Soon, the flames engulfed the two-wheelers-laden lorry. <br /><br />The preliminary investigations revealed that the electrical short circuit triggered the fire. <br />A case has been registered in Rajajinagar police station.<br /><br />Train runs over woman<br />A 65-year-old woman was run over by a train while she was trying to climb onto the platform from the tracks at Malleswaram railway station on Thursday morning.<br /><br />According to the police, Gowramma, a resident of Gayathri Nagar and her family members were waiting for a train to Nanjangud on Platform 1. Gowramma crossed the tracks to fetch tea from a stall on Platform 2. <br /><br />After she and her family members had tea, she again crossed the tracks to return a plate to the stall. <br /><br />While she was trying to climb Platform 1, a speeding train mowed her down, said the police.<br />The Railway Police registered a case and shifted the body for postmortem.<br />DH News Service</p>
<p>As many as 26 new two-wheelers, being transported in a lorry to a showroom in the City, were gutted in a fire mishap near Dr Rajkumar Road in Rajajinagar in the early hours of Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bikes worth Rs 12 lakh were destroyed in the fire. No casualties were reported in the incident.<br /><br />According to the fire department personnel, the driver of the truck Gururaj noticed smoke emanating from the engine at around 2 am. He got down from the truck and noticed fire in the engine. Soon, the flames engulfed the two-wheelers-laden lorry. <br /><br />The preliminary investigations revealed that the electrical short circuit triggered the fire. <br />A case has been registered in Rajajinagar police station.<br /><br />Train runs over woman<br />A 65-year-old woman was run over by a train while she was trying to climb onto the platform from the tracks at Malleswaram railway station on Thursday morning.<br /><br />According to the police, Gowramma, a resident of Gayathri Nagar and her family members were waiting for a train to Nanjangud on Platform 1. Gowramma crossed the tracks to fetch tea from a stall on Platform 2. <br /><br />After she and her family members had tea, she again crossed the tracks to return a plate to the stall. <br /><br />While she was trying to climb Platform 1, a speeding train mowed her down, said the police.<br />The Railway Police registered a case and shifted the body for postmortem.<br />DH News Service</p>