A passenger train on Thursday, crushed a mother and her daughter to death in Orhuwhorun community, Udu Council area of Delta State.

It was gathered that the incident occurred around 3:40pm in the Aragba area of the community.

According to reports, the woman, a moi-moi seller and her daughter, a teenager, were walking on the rail tracks when the unfortunate incident happened.

Though details of the incident were sketchy as at the time of filing this report, reports claimed on hearing the sound of the train, the daughter tried to get her mother out of the tracks but was knocked down alongside the mother.

Spokesperson of the State Police Command has confirmed the incident but gave no further details.