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.
Published – May 26, 2025 11:29 am IST
