Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Alleged suicide at Eerste River train station

Lauren Snyders
7 February 2012

A woman and two children were killed by a train in Eerste River earlier this morning.

Metrorail’s Lindelo Matya said it appeared that the woman threw herself and the children in front of the train.

He added that an unknown female and two children were allegedly standing at the tracks trying to commit suicide.

Matya said the incident has affected services.

He said that trains bound for Strand are subject to delay.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My heart goes out to the Train Driver and his assistant/conductor. I'm an Assistant as well and if I were to be in such a horrifying incident, don't know what I'll do

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