Elderly man dies after falling off local train

A 62-year-old man today died when he fell from a suburban train after boarding it at Dadar railway station here, a GRP official said.
The deceased has been identified as Abraham Mathew Pullil, a resident of Kerala.
The mishap occurred in the morning when Pullil lost his balance and fell off on platform number 1 of the station after the train gathered speed.
Pullil, working as a priest, shifted to Mumbai only three months back and was staying in a church at Naigaon area here.
"As soon we got information about the incident, our constable rushed him to Sion hospital, where he was declared dead," the official said, adding Pullil had suffered severe injuries to head.

His body was handed over to his daughter and a case of accidental death was registered with Dadar GRP.