CHENNAI: A seven-months pregnant woman died after she fell off a train between Ulundurpet and Virudhachalam. on Thursday evening. The 22-year-old woman, identified as Kasthuri, wife of Suresh Kumar from Sankarankovil, was travelling in the Kollam Express with her husband and their relatives.
A Daily Thanthi report stated that Suresh Kumar, 25, who works as an employee in a private company in Chennai and Kasthuri, a nursing graduate from Trisulam, had gotten married nine months ago. Their relatives had planned to attend a temple festival at Suresh's native place Melaneezithanallur on Saturday and hold Kasthuri's baby shower there the following day.
Kasthuri, Suresh, and their relatives were travelling in the S-9 coach of Kollam Express on Thursday. When the train neared Ulundurpet area around 8 pm, Kasthuri felt nauseous and went to the wash basin in the compartment along with some relatives. While vomiting, she tripped and fell off the train, and died, police investigation revealed.
Kasthuri's kin immediately pulled the safety chain in the adjacent compartment, making the train stop midway. They then got off the train and ran towards the spot where she had fallen but they couldn't find her.
Then the train left from there and arrived at the Virudhachalam railway station. Kasthuri's relatives reported the incident to the railway police. Immediately, the police who were on security duty there, started searching for her.
Police found Kasthuri dead a kilometre away from Ulundurpet.