Tragic train accidents: Two killed in running board accidents in Thane | Mumbai News

Thane: Two people died after falling from the crowd Local trains in individual incidents. In the first incident, a Diva-based painter died after falling from an unknown moving train on the U.S. Up express line Central Railway between Mumbra and Kalwa on Monday morning, Thane Railway Police officials said.
“The deceased worked as a contract painter and was probably on his way to work. He leaves behind his mother. Initial investigations suggest that the man boarded a Diva express train and lost his grip on the running board halfway, causing him to fall. We have registered one Accidental death case,” said a Thane railway police officer. Police said they received information about a man who fell from a train in the section around 10 am and upon inspection, the man was seriously injured lying near mast number 36 between Kalwa and Mumbra stations been. The man was identified as NJ Jaiswar, 30 years old, and a resident of Diva West. He was admitted to Kalwa Hospital but reported
In the second incident, a 20-year-old student at ITI in Mulund fell from a crowded local train nearby Dombivli Train station on Tuesday.
The deceased student has been identified as Aayush Doshi. According to officials, Doshi along with a friend boarded the train from Dombivli railway station to travel to Mulund. As the train was very crowded, Doshi was unable to board and was hanging on the running board when he lost his balance and fell off the train near Swaminarayan Temple, just 200 meters from Dombivli railway station.
The friend who witnessed the incident informed Doshi’s mother who had come to drop her son at the railway station. Doshi was rushed to Shastri Nagar Hospital for treatment by Dombivli GRP, but doctors declared him brought dead. Activists have pointed out that mishaps continue to occur on the Diva-Thane section even as the Railways have introduced some additional mishaps. On-site services. They also said that trains often arrive at Dombivli station overcrowded and commuters are at risk as they have to hang on the running board during the journey.