Probe after Soweto teen dies in train incident

Probe after Soweto teen dies in train incident

Investigators are trying to determine how a teenager had fallen off a train in Soweto - Gauteng - suffering fatal injuries. 

Teen dies after falling off train in Soweto
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Paramedics found the boy at the bottom of an embankment next to a stream in the Naledi area - yesterday afternoon.

Netcare911's Shawn Herbst says the 13-year-old sustained a serious head injury. 

"Rescue workers as well as SAPS had to set up a rope and basket system to retrieve his body. Sadly he was declared deceased on the scene. Prasa had to shut down the train tracks in both directions while rescuers worked." 

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