Father and daughter killed after their stroller collides with train

• Anand Runwal, 40, jumped onto the train tracks in an attempt to save his daughters’ lives from an oncoming train
• Detective Chief Inspector Paul Dunston, of St George’s Police Command, said the baby’s pram was carried to the pushchair by a suspected gust of wind
• An eyewitness said he heard the babies’ mother screaming for help just before the tragic accident

Nancy Odindo, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, has over three years of experience covering politics, news and background stories across digital and print media in Kenya.

Sydney – A tragic incident claimed the lives of a 40-year-old man and his two-year-old daughter when their pram collided with an oncoming train at Carlton train station.

What caused the Sydney train disaster?

Anand Runwal and one of his twin daughters were killed on Sunday, July 21, possibly by an unexpected gust of wind that caused the stroller to land on the tracks.

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“It appears they took the lift down to the platform and briefly took their hands off the pram. It is possible that a gust of wind caused the pram to roll towards the track,” Detective Chief Inspector Paul Dunston, of St George’s Police Command, said, according to Sky News.

Runwal saw the train approaching and ran to stop it, standing between the approaching train and his daughters in a desperate attempt to save them.

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Officers who arrived on the scene reported hearing screams coming from under the train and immediately rushed to the children and their father to provide assistance.

“Police climbed under the train and rescued one of the children, who thankfully was unharmed. Sadly, the other child and the father died,” Dunston added.

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An eyewitness corroborated the police account, saying she heard the mother scream, “Please save my babies,” just before the accident.

“I knew right away it was bad. I heard a woman screaming for her life: ‘Please, please stop.’ The train couldn’t stop,” she recalls.

NSW Police rescued the two-year-old girl who was still alive and evacuated her safely.

She and her mother, Poonam Runwal, 39, were then taken to St George Hospital. Fortunately, both have since been discharged.

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Source: TUKO.co.ke