Woman, daughter run over by train

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A woman and her daughter were killed after being hit by an express train near Kadakkavoor railway station in the district on Tuesday evening. The dead were identified as Nirmala, 40, and Sowmya, 17, the Kadakkavoor police said. They were crossing the track to board a train back home at Poonthura, after visiting a relative at Anchuthengu when the Nagercoil-Gandhidham express train knocked them down. Both died on the spot, the police said.