Woman bank staffer slips into train-platform gap; dies

A 50-year-old woman employed with a public sector bank lost her life after she slipped into the gap between the train and a platform in suburban Borivali, a Railway Police official said today.

Alka Patade, working with Bank of India, was on her way to office in BKC, a business district in suburban Mumbai, when she slipped into the gap while trying to board a moving Churchgate-bound train amid morning rush yesterday, he said.

She suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was declared dead by doctors, the official said.

The bank staffer was crushed under the train's wheels and a passenger shot a video that showed her lying unconscious on the tracks, he added.

When contacted, a senior Western Railway official said, "We have raised the platform height at all stations from Churchgate to Virar and keep conducting drives to sensitise commuters about safe travelling."