Chennai: A 56-year-old woman and her 27-year-old daughter were killed in a freak accident while they were getting down from a moving EMU at Pazhavanthangal railway station on Monday morning.
The deceased were identified as M. Chandra, (56), resident of Otteri, and her daughter M. Ambika, (27), who was living with her husband, Aathikesavan and their daughter in Sababathi Nagar, Moovarasanpetttai.
Chandra visited her daughter’s family and ushered in the New Year with them. The accident took place when they were on their way to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) as Ambika had contracted a lung infection.
Upon arriving at Pazhavanthangal railway station at around 8.30 am, they took a seat at a bench from where Chandra boarded a train bound to Chennai Beach leaving one of her bags behind. She realised it soon after the train began moving.
A panicky Chandra rushed out of the moving train only to fall down. Her daughter too followed suit hoping to prevent her mother from falling down. Chandra got under the wagon’s wheels while Ambika fell on the track ballast sustaining a head injury.
The EMU motorman stopped the train to help the duo but Chandra had died on the spot. Her body was moved to Chromepet GH for a post-mortem. An injured Ambika was rushed to RGGGH for treatment where doctors declared her dead on arrival.
Sources said Chandra took her daughter to a hospital in Nanganallur on Monday and the doctors, on diagnosing Ambika with a lung infection, suggested that she be admitted to RGGGH for a specialty treatment. It is for this treatment the mother and daughter were going to RGGGH when the mishap occurred. The Tambaram Railway Police moved Ambika’s body too to Chromepet GH. Both the bodies were handed over to the family later.
