The Bombay High Court today rapped the railways for its lackadaisical approach towards safety of passengers and failure to provide better services in suburban local trains. Mumbai, Jul 7 (IANS): In a freak accident, two Western Railway track officials, including a Senior Section Engineer, were hit and run over by a speeding suburban train near Khar station early on Tuesday morning, officials said. A 19-year-old man, son of a hotelier, was killed and his friend injured when their speeding car rammed into a stationary bus at Marine Drive in South Mumbai on Tuesday evening, a police official said. We have registered an accidental death case," Mr Pawar added. On their way to work after celebrating the birthday of a colleague, seven software engineers met with an accident near Bhiwandi Mankoli naka, when the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a Thane municipal transport bus on Tuesday morning. Six persons including two children were today killed while three others sustained serious injuries when the taxi they were travelling in hit a road divider on the eastern freeway here, police said. The casualties occurred due to passengers falling from trains, dashing against poles, crossing railway tracks or travelling on the roof of trains in Mumbai, RTI reply said. ................................ Advertisement ................................................................ Advertisement ................................................................ Advertisement ................................© Copyright NDTV Convergence Limited 2020. It was even reported that she was on earphones and didn't hear the train coming. Travelling on a train's footboard proved fatal for a 14-year-old after he slipped and fell off between Malad and Goregaon stations on Monday afternoon, while returning home from school. Aurangabad: At least 15 migrant workers died after being run over by goods train near Jalna in Maharashtra. A day after six youths were killed when their car overturned on the Mumbai-Pune expressway, Shiv Sena today said the government will soon form a 100-member 'Delta force' to check accidents due to over speeding. A compartment reserved for women derailed from a train headed to Panvel in Navi Mumbai. A train accident was avoided today after the driver of a Mumbai suburban train spotted iron rods on the track and managed to stop it in time.
The quick reflexes of a police sub-inspector at Nalasopara station on Friday night stopped a 55-year-old woman from becoming another train accident statistic. The quick reflexes of a police sub-inspector at Nalasopara station on Friday night stopped a 55-year-old woman from becoming another train accident statistic. Maharashtra train accident: 15 migrant workers dead (Representational image) | Photo Credit: PTI . Mumbai: In yet another tragic incident, a 22-year-old woman lost her life after falling off the Karjat fast local on Monday. Mumbai Local's Motorman Halts Train, Saves Man Who Jumped Onto Railway Track A vigilant motorman averted a fatal accident and saved the life of a man who jumped in front of a train at the Borivali station on Tuesday, February 4. No fatal incident involving commuters was reported on Mumbai's suburban rail network on June 26, a rarity in the metropolis where eight to nine passengers die everyday in mishaps. While many are killed while crossing tracks, a sizable number is of those who fall off crowded trains.A recent Right to Information reply revealed nearly 27,000 people have died in suburban train mishaps between January 2010 and September this year.Incidentally, Central Railway, which runs 1,774 services daily, on Saturday revised its timetable, changing the timing of 42 local trains, and extending a few to Parel terminus near Dadar................................. Advertisement ................................Maharashtra Woman, 22, Dies After Falling Off From Train © COPYRIGHT NDTV CONVERGENCE LIMITED 2020.
The victims, all aged between 21 and 17 years, were crossing the tracks at night when they were run over by a local train. No fatal incident involving commuters was reported on Mumbai's suburban rail network on June 26, a rarity in the metropolis where eight to nine passengers die everyday in mishaps. The Bombay High Court today rapped the railways for its lackadaisical approach towards safety of passengers and failure to provide better services in suburban local trains. Sachin said, "My absence in Delhi has been discussed too much.
A Mumbai-based family was saved from a near-fatal accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Monday, after a trailer fell on their car, trapping them inside. A 22-year-old woman on Monday fell from a suburban train between Dombivali and Kopar stations in Maharashtra's Thane district and died after being … Seven persons were killed and at least 12 others injured after a large SUV in which they were travelling fell from a bridge in Mumbai's Yavatmal district today, the police said. Travelling on a train's footboard proved fatal for a 14-year-old after he slipped and fell off between Malad and Goregaon stations on Monday afternoon, while returning home from school.