Caught on camera: The horrifying moment a train packed with passengers crashes into station buffers and mounts the platform 

  • CCTV has emerged of the Mumbai train smashing into buffers
  • People can be seen fleeing in panic as the carriage mounts the platform
  • Four were injured in the event on Sunday and one woman was hospitalised

By Becky Pemberton For Mailonline

Published: 12:07 EST, 2 July 2015 | Updated: 15:33 EST, 2 July 2015

Dramatic CCTV footage has emerged of a train in Mumbai failing to apply its brakes in time and smashing through the platform at the end of the tracks. 

Passengers can be seen fleeing in panic out of coaches as the Churchgate bound train collides with the buffers and mounts the station platform.

The incident occurred on Sunday morning and Western Railway officials confirmed that one woman was left hospitalised and four were injured from the event. 

Dramatic CCTV footage has emerged of a train in Mumbai failing to apply its brakes in time and smashing through the platform at the end of the tracks

Dramatic CCTV footage has emerged of a train in Mumbai failing to apply its brakes in time and smashing through the platform at the end of the tracks

Passengers can be seen fleeing in panic out of coaches as the Churchgate bound train collides with the buffers and mounts the station platform in the CCTV footage 

Passengers can be seen fleeing in panic out of coaches as the Churchgate bound train collides with the buffers and mounts the station platform in the CCTV footage 

Chief public relations officer of Western Railway, Sharat Chandrayan, told The Hindu the train went on to climb the platform as it crossed its track limit. 

He said: 'The train got entangled with the buffer, four were injured, all of them went home, and one lady has deferred to hospital for further investigation.'

Suburban train services were disrupted for a while after Sunday's accident, which is said to have been caused by the driver failing to apply his brakes on time.

The authorities are conducting a detailed investigation into the matter, and renovation of the platform where the accident took place has begun. 

'We have launched an inquiry into the incident and the motorman of the locomotive LS Tiwari, guard Ajay Gohil and loco inspector MG Verma have been suspended,' Press Trust of India quoted railway official Shailendra Kumar as saying. 

The authorities are conducting a detailed investigation into the matter, and renovation of the platform where the accident took place has begun

The authorities are conducting a detailed investigation into the matter, and renovation of the platform where the accident took place has begun

 

 

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