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Time of India
26-05-2025
- Time of India
Woman falls in bid to board moving train in Cherlapally, dies
Hyderabad: A woman trying to change compartments at Cherlapally railway station died after falling in the gap between the carriage and platform in her bid to board the moving train on Sunday. M Swetha (33) was on her way to her in-laws' home in Anakapalle in Andhra Pradesh along with her two children. Her husband, M Venkatesh, had sent the family off from the Lingampalli railway station on Janmabhoomi Express. "They had boarded the D-3 compartment. After the train started to move, another passenger told Swetha that they had occupied his seat. She verified her ticket and decided to move to D-8. Since she couldn't make her way through the walkway between the compartments to reach D-8 due to the rush, she then decided to get down at Cherlapally station," a Govt Railway Police official said. When the train reached Cherlapally station, Swetha and her two children got down and started to quickly walk towards D-8. But by the time they reached the compartment, the train had started to move. She then quickly made her children, son (10) and daughter (12), to get on the train along with the luggage. However, as she tried to get on, the train had already picked up speed. Her feet slipped and she fell between the platform and the moving train, a govt railway police official said. By the time someone pulled the chain, Swathi had been run over. The railway police later contacted her husband, a manager in a private firm, after finding her Aadhaar and phone in her purse. Her body has been taken to Anakapalle.
Indian Express
26-05-2025
- Indian Express
Woman falls between platform and moving train in Telangana, dies
A 33-year-old woman died at Telangana's Cherlapally railway station after falling between a moving train and the platform on Sunday. The woman passenger fell between the moving train and the platform while trying to get off the Janmabhoomi Express and board another coach of the train. The deceased, identified as Mattala Swetha, a native of Dondapudi in Anakapalli district in Andhra Pradesh and resident of HMT Township in Lingampally, was on her way to her in-laws' in Rajahmundry with her two children when the mishap occurred. Swetha and her children were going to their native place to spend the summer vacation, said an official. According to the Secunderabad Government Railway Police, the incident occurred at around 7.40 am. Swetha's husband Venkatesh helped her and the children board coach D-3 at Lingampally, and later Swetha realised that they were supposed to board coach D-8. When the train reached Cherlapally railway station, she deboarded the train to move to D-8. 'She was in the process of shifting herself and the children to D-8 when the incident happened. After boarding the children, the train started to move as she was about to board. She fell between the platform and the train,' an official said, adding that the victim died on the spot. As the train had already picked up speed, she slipped and her body fell into the gap. She sustained a head injury, fractured waist, and severed leg, and died on the spot. While Swetha was a homemaker, her husband Venkatesh is employed at a private firm. The GRP staff shifted the body to Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem examination. The case is under investigation. The body was handed over to the family after the post-mortem formalities.
The Hindu
26-05-2025
- The Hindu
Woman dies after slipping between platform and moving train at Cherlapally Railway Station
A 33-year-old woman died after falling while attempting to board the Janmabhoomi Express at Cherlapally Railway Station on Sunday (May 26, 2025). The incident occurred at around 7.40 a.m., according to an officer from the Government Railway Police (Secunderabad). The deceased, identified as Mattala Swetha, was trying to shift her two children from coach D3 to D8 when the train began to move, said the officer. 'Swetha had initially boarded the train with her husband Venkatesh and their children at Lingampally, intending to travel to her in-laws' home in Rajahmundry. Due to heavy crowding, she was separated from the rest of the family,' he said. At Cherlapally station, she got down with her children from coach D3 and attempted to board coach D8. As she tried to get on, the train had already picked up speed. Her feet slipped and she fell between the platform and the moving train. She was hit twice, sustaining a fatal head injury, a fractured waist, and a severed leg. She died on the spot due to excessive bleeding. The body was handed over to the family after the post-mortem formalities. Swetha was a homemaker, originally from Dondapudi village in Anakapalle district, Andhra Pradesh. Her husband works in private sector.
