Seven fall from suburban train in Chennai, three killed

  • | Thursday | 23rd February, 2017

Three commuters were killed and four injured when they fell off from a train near the St. Thomas Mount railway station in Chennai on Thursday morning. They were travelling on footboard on the Chennai Beach -bound EMU train from Tirumalpur. The train was moved to the Beach station the after injured were rushed to the Government General Hospital. The bodies were removed to the hospital for post mortem. The details of those dead were not immediately known, said Government Railway Police sources.

more-in Three commuters were killed and four injured when they fell off from a train near the St. Thomas Mount railway station in Chennai on Thursday morning. They were travelling on footboard on the Chennai Beach -bound EMU train from Tirumalpur. Initial reports say that the backpack of one of the commuters was hit by a signalling post and he and six others were thrown off from the train in the next few seconds. The details of those dead were not immediately known, said Government Railway Police sources. The train was moved to the Beach station the after injured were rushed to the Government General Hospital. The bodies were removed to the hospital for post mortem.

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