Three persons including a woman were killed and over 30 persons were injured as an overhead water tank collapsed on the platform of Barddhaman Railway Station on Wednesday.

According to railway officials, the incident took place around 12.05 pm. The water tank collapsed between platform numbers 2 and 3 where hundreds of commuters were waiting to board local trains.

The railway officials informed that the tank was on an iron-made structure and it suddenly collapsed. Therefore, the support of the structure became weak and failed to bear the weight of the water tank.

The Railway officials, Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, and Government Railway Police (GRP) men are engaged in the rescue operations to remove the commuters trapped under the fallen structure.