A 22 year old female and a 22 year old male have died after being hit by an oncoming train adjacent to the Dehiwela Railway Station.
One other individual has sustained injuries.
The Dehiwela Police said a group of 12 students of the Balapitiya Vocational Training Centre reached Dehiwela to visit the Dehiwela Zoological Gardens.
Three students among the group, instead of using the overhead bridge to cross the tracks, walked across the railway track when they were hit by a Kalutara bound Maradana train.
