Coimbatore : A teenage girl student was killed after a train hit her on the railway track between Peelamedu-Irugur in the city today.

According to police, 18-year-old Priya, a B.Com first year student of a private college in Singanallur, was walking on the railway track when a train coming from behind hit her, scattering the body all over.

Some passers-by informed the Railway Police, who rushed to the spot and sent the body parts for postmortem to the government hospital.

Police suspect that Priya had been distracted while talking on the cellphone.