Boy mistakes train exit door as toilet’s, falls to his death

Boy mistakes train exit door as toilet’s, falls to his death

Kottayam:13.10.2021

A 10-year-old boy was killed after he fell from a moving train near Kottayam in Kerala on Tuesday. It is suspected that the boy mistook the train’s exit door for that of the toilet, leading to the accident.

Mohammed Ishan, son of one Siddique of Mambadu in Malappuram, met with the accident around 12:30am at Moolavattom in Kottayam municipal limits. The boy and his family along with other relatives were returning to Malappuram from Thiruvananthapuram by Kochuveli-Nilambur Rajya Rani Express when the mishap occurred. The boy had gone to the toilet, according to family members. After realising that the boy had fallen down, they pulled the chain and stopped the train.

People staying near the railway track searched the area and found the boy lying under a culvert. The boy was taken to the general hospital but his life could not be saved. TNN