Rly employee dies while boarding a running train
Mumbai Mirror Bureau
Just a day after a 50-year-old woman, Varsha Chavan, died at Diwa station while alighting from a running train, a railway employee, Durga Prasad Sahu, died on the same platform on Tuesday after he fell in the gap between the train and the platform. Sahu, 45, was trying to board a running train, investigation by the railway police revealed.
According to railway officials, Mumbra resident Sahu was on his way to Roha, and attempted to board a long-distance train that had slowed down at platform number six, around 8.30 am Tuesday.
In both cases, the victims may have failed to get a foothold and fell, as the platform surface is uneven, the railway police said. “The platform is also low and the victims might have rolled over and fallen on the track through the gap and got crushed,” a railway police officer said.
In Varsha’s case, fellow passengers raised an alarm and halted the train while the police pulled out the woman from the track. She had lost her limbs and was unconscious. She was taken to a hospital in Diva, where she was declared dead, said the Thane railway police.
Just a day after a 50-year-old woman, Varsha Chavan, died at Diwa station while alighting from a running train, a railway employee, Durga Prasad Sahu, died on the same platform on Tuesday after he fell in the gap between the train and the platform. Sahu, 45, was trying to board a running train, investigation by the railway police revealed.
According to railway officials, Mumbra resident Sahu was on his way to Roha, and attempted to board a long-distance train that had slowed down at platform number six, around 8.30 am Tuesday.
Just a day earlier, Varsha Chavan died while trying to alight from the running Rajya Rani Express around 5.40 am. Police said that she was returning home from a Konkan trip and was travelling with her husband and two sons.
In both cases, the victims may have failed to get a foothold and fell, as the platform surface is uneven, the railway police said. “The platform is also low and the victims might have rolled over and fallen on the track through the gap and got crushed,” a railway police officer said.
In Varsha’s case, fellow passengers raised an alarm and halted the train while the police pulled out the woman from the track. She had lost her limbs and was unconscious. She was taken to a hospital in Diva, where she was declared dead, said the Thane railway police.
