HYDERABAD: Two young children were crushed to death under the wheels of a Karachi-bound train in GOR Colony on Sunday evening.

They were identified as Qayyum, 6, a class-III student, and Saima, 3, a seminary student. Their father, Abdul Majeed Pathan, is a shopkeeper.

Onlookers said that the children were playing in the locality and advanced onto the track. The train approached all of a sudden and ran over them.