Girl falls from moving train

April 20, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 07:28 am IST - Balurghat (WB):

A four-year-old girl was seriously injured after falling from a moving train near Gangarampur in the South Dinajpur district, a district official said.

Bristhi Tudu sustained serious injuries n Monday as she leaned against the bolted emergency door of the Balurghat-Howrah train and fell on the railway tracks as the door suddenly opened, he said. Tudu was rushed to the Gangrampur Sub-divisional hospital after she was rescued from the tracks by her family members and others as the train stopped.

The train, not moving at high speed, had left Malancha and was on way to Gangarampur when the mishap occurred. Bristhi was on way to Howrah with her father Ranjit Tudu and mother Moon Tudu.

The minor has been shifted to Malda Medical College and Hospital early on Tuesday with the hospital sources saying that her condition was serious. - PTI

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