26-05-2025
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.
