Kanpur: A 22-year-old engineering student died after being run over by a train at a railway level crossing in GT Road area in Kanpur district, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place when, the victim, Aditya, a resident of Unnao was run over by a train while he was crossing the railway tracks, SSP Surendra Tiwari said. "Aditya was returning home from college last night, when he was hit by a train at the railway level crossing," the victim's friend Sanjay Yadav told police.