A 58-YEAR-OLD woman from Andhra Pradesh who had come to the city to meet relatives died after she fell off while alighting from a long-distance train on Thursday at Dadar. The woman wanted to use the washroom on the train as she could not spot one on the platform.
However, when the train started moving, she tried to alight quickly and fell off on the tracks. The railway police have taken an accidental death report in the matter.
As per police, the deceased woman (will update her name later) wanted to go to Ambernath to meet her relatives and was accompanied by her son. Her husband works as a cook at a shipping company in London.
As per railway police, the incident took place around 2pm on Thursday when the woman was standing on platform number 10 at Dadar railway station. She realised that she needed to relieve herself but could not spot a washroom around.
Seeing a mail train there, the woman climbed onto the train to use the washroom. After relieving herself, as she came towards the door, the train began moving.
“In an attempt to alight the train, she jumped but ended up falling in the gap between the platform and the tracks resulting in getting crushed by the train,” said Anil Kadam, senior police inspector of Dadar GRP.
Kadam said that the woman’s son then raised an alarm alerting the GRP and other passengers who rushed the woman to the hospital where she succumbed to her injuries after two hours.
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“We have registered a case of accidental death (ADR) and are investigating further,” said Kadam.
