Navi Mumbai: 16-year-old girl run over by train while crossing tracks, dies

NAVI MUMBAI: A 16-year-old girl has died after she was run over by a train while she was trying to take a shortcut by crossing the tracks at Seawoods station on Tuesday around 12pm.
As the girl got stuck under the train, the services were disrupted for about 20 minutes, till she was removed from under the train and rushed to NMMC hospital, Vashi.
The doctors declared her brought dead on arrival. The deceased girl has been identified as Sana Siddiqui, a resident of Govandi, informed an official of Vashi GRP, where an accidental death case has been registered.
Sana Siddiqui had boarded the local train from Govandi at around 11 am to reach Seawoods to attend coaching classes at an institute in Seawoods (E).
Around 12 noon, she alighted at Seawoods station. However, she took a shortcut by crossing the tracks instead of using the railway over bridge for pedestrian to reach Seawoods (E). While she was on the tracks, a Panvel bound train hit her and she got dragged under the train.
The motorman halted the train and took reverse after which the GRP cops and the commuters on the platform removed her from under the train. She had sustained fatal injuries, informed Vashi GRP.