From correspondents in India, 10:00 PM IST

Four women - three sisters and their mother - were run over by a local train in this Haryana town Saturday.

The incident, eyewitnesses told the police, took place when the three sisters tried to save their mother whose foot got stuck in the rail track.

A fourth sister of the victims was rushed to the government hospital here in a critical condition.

All were hit by the Ludhiana-Hissar passenger train.

Police officials said the women were labourers who were working near the rail track.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)