Sydney Trains: Woman killed after she was struck down at Punchbowl Station
A woman has died after being hit by a train in western Sydney.
The woman, in her 50s, was hit by a car at Punchbowl train station in Sydney’s south-west yesterday afternoon.
It is believed the woman climbed onto the track to pick up something she had dropped, but was unable to climb back onto the platform.
Emergency services rushed to the station, where NSW Fire and Rescue workers attempted to pull the woman from under the train.
She was immediately taken by ambulance to St. George’s Hospital, but tragically passed away there on Wednesday morning.
The police spoke to a number of people at the scene and viewed camera footage as part of the investigation.
The driver gave a negative breath test.
The woman in her 50s was shot at Punchbowl train station in Sydney’s south-west
Commuter trains were thrown into chaos yesterday afternoon as a result of the incident