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Man Rescued From Under Train as Separate Crashes Injure 20 and Kill One in Maharashtra

Police have opened separate inquiries across Akola, Nashik and Thane.

Overview

  • Railway Police said a 50-year-old slipped while alighting the PuneAmravati train at Murtijapur around 4:20 pm Monday and became trapped underneath.
  • Rescuers used a gas cutter to remove the train’s footboard and extricated the passenger, who sustained serious leg injuries and is undergoing treatment at a government hospital.
  • Twenty people were injured Monday evening when a private bus traveling from Chalisgaon to Panvel hit another vehicle near Ghoti on the MumbaiNashik highway after the driver lost control, according to police.
  • In Thane late Sunday night near the Nitin Company–Cadbury Junction road, an auto-rickshaw struck a stationary water tanker, trapping three passengers; one, identified as Bablu, was declared dead at a government hospital and two were referred to Sion Hospital with serious injuries.
  • A Ghatkopar police official said a man hit by a car allegedly driven by Bhavika Dama on September 13 died Sunday night, and CCTV showed Dama being helped by two co-passengers to leave the scene in an autorickshaw.