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2 (one at a time), Marin got confused and went inside Garib Rath Express which had only two minute halt time. 2, when the victim was trying to alight from Chennai Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath express.Speaking to TOI, BP Singh, station house officer of RPF Agra Cantt said, “Marin mistakenly boarded Delhi bound Garib Rath express, as he was supposed to embark upon Punjab Mail for Mumbai. AGRA: A 77-year-old Canadian citizen was killed after he came under wheels of Delhi bound Garib Rath express at Agra Cantt railway station.Identified as Marin Milicevic, the Vancouver resident was returning from Agra to board a flight from Mumbai to return home.According to railway protection force, the incident occurred at around 8.13am at platform no. Since both the trains had halted at platform no. By the time he realised about the mistake, the train started moving and Marin attempted to alight with his luggage but went under the wheels.”The septuagenarian suffered heavy blood loss due to limb amputation and was immediately rushed to SN Medical college by RPF squad, but at around 4.45pm he took his last breath.The railway authorities with the help of tourism police contacted the Canadian embassy and informed about the incident.By the time this report was filed, the body of the victim was sent to the mortuary for postmortem.A railway handcart vendor who witnessed the tragic incident claimed, that, “Everyone at the platform screamed to Canadian asking him to drop his luggage and get inside the train, but the old man did not listen and subsequently slipped under the wheels of the train.”According to RPF, the victim was travelling alone and had come to see Taj Mahal.As per data of government railway police of Agra division , 672 people died between 2014 to 2018 July after falling off from moving trains..