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Itanagar: A 52-year-old man was killed and his grandchild injured after their car was hit by a train while crossing the tracks in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Siang district, an official said on Saturday.
The accident happened at Pale near Dimow around 3:50 pm on Friday, GRP assistant sub-inspector Ganesh Hazarika told PTI.
The deceased was identified as Rigo Riba, a sub-inspector of the Indian Reserve Battalion. He was travelling with his seven-year-old grandchild from Pasighat in East Siang district, where he was posted, to his native village when the accident happened.
Their car was hit by the Murkongselek-Tezpur special train. The train, which was on the way to Dekargaon in Assam's Tezpur, dragged the car for at least 1 km, Hazarika said.
The impact of the accident was such that Riba died on the spot, he said.
The minor was taken to Dibrugarh in Assam for further treatment, he added.