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Navi Mumbai: In an extremely tragic incident, a 41-year-old man lost his life on Thursday evening after falling while attempting to board a moving local train at Vashi railway station on the Panvel–CSMT line in Navi Mumbai. The victim, identified as Jayesh Malekar, was a resident of Mumbai Central and had travelled to Navi Mumbai for work earlier in the day.
According to officials, Malekar arrived on platform 4 as a Mumbai-bound local train was already in motion. In a rush to catch it, he sprinted towards the train and tried to board, but lost his footing and fell onto the platform. The impact left him with severe head and body injuries.
Railway staff and bystanders quickly came to his aid and took him to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Hospital. Despite immediate medical attention, doctors declared him dead during treatment.
The incident has once again highlighted the dangers of attempting to board moving trains, a recurring hazard on Mumbai’s vast suburban railway network. Official data obtained under the Right to Information Act revealed that between January and May 2025, 922 passengers died in accidents on the city’s suburban rail routes. Of these, 597 fatalities were recorded on the Central Railway network, which includes the Main and Harbour lines.
Officials have noted that most of these tragedies stem from risky behaviour such as boarding or alighting from trains in motion and crossing tracks unlawfully. In response, railway officials have reiterated their appeal to passengers to follow safety rules, avoid rushing to catch departing trains, and wait for the next available service.
They have also urged commuters to use foot overbridges and subways rather than crossing tracks or moving between platforms. Frequent awareness drives are being planned across major stations, with the aim of reducing the number of such preventable accidents on the Mumbai suburban network.
