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Four members of a family died after being hit by a train near suburban Kandivali station on Monday morning, police said. The incident took place between Borivali and Kandivali
stations at around 5 am, a senior Government Railway Police (GRP) official said.

The victims were in a long-distance train coming from Kankavli in coastal Sindhudurg district. They got down from the train as it stopped near Kandivali station and were crossing the tracks when a Churchgate-bound local train ran over them, police said.

They were rushed to nearby hospital where doctors declared them dead on arrival.

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