At least five passengers lost their lives and six others sustained injuries after falling from a moving local train in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Monday morning.
The tragedy occurred between Diva and Kopar railway stations as a Kasara-bound local train carried a large crowd of commuters during peak hours. “There was a huge rush, and many people were standing at the doors of the train,” PTI quoted an official as saying. As the train was in motion, at least 10 passengers fell off, the official added.
A guard of another train headed towards Kasara spotted the passengers who had fallen and immediately alerted railway authorities about the incident. All the victims were transported to a civic-run hospital in Kalwa, where four of them were declared dead on arrival. The deceased passengers were in the age group of 30 to 35 years, the official said.