Young boy critical after falling from train in KZN

11 May 2016 - 21:02
By Tmg Digital

A seven-year-old boy was critically injured on Wednesday afternoon when he fell from a train near the Devilwood Train Station in the Shongweni Valley near Durban in Kwazulu-Natal‚ paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said reports from the scene indicated that the doors of the train had been blocked from closing and the young boy‚ who was travelling to school‚ was standing in the doorway as the train hurtled down the line.

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