New Delhi, Jun 19 (PTI) Railways today ordered an inquiry into the accident in which four people were killed at Aligarh junction.

A brake lever snapped from a freight train at Aligarh today and the wheel ploughed into passengers waiting at the platform, killing four people and injuring at least seven, police said.

The incident occurred this evening when brake wheel of a passing goods train snapped from one of the wagons and hit the passengers waiting at Platform Number 2 of the railway station, they said.

The Commisioner of Railway Safety (North-East Circle), P K Bajpai, will conduct an inquiry into the accident, a Railway spokesperson here said, adding it will begin tomorrow.

He said the General Manager (North-Central Railway) and Divisional Railway Manager, Allahabad, had reached the accident spot to take stock of the situation.

All the injured have been admitted to Aligarh Medical College Hospital, he added.

Meanwhile, the Railway Ministry in Delhi announced an enhanced ex-gratia compensation to victims, their kith and kin at Aligarh station this evening.

The relatives of the four people who died in the train accident will get Rs 2 lakh, while persons who have received grievous injuries will get Rs 50,000. Those with minor injuries will be paid Rs 15,000.