An elderly lady has been killed after she was knocked by a train in Kimberley.
The tragic incident took place in the industrial area near Main road, where the railway tracks run in between the buildings. The driver of the train said that he actually saw the woman on the tracks, and he tried to bring the goods train to a halt but with the heavy load it seemed almost impossible. He also said that he had tried to alert her with the air horn, but to no avail.
When ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene the woman was barely alive, and they did what they could for her whilst on the scene and loaded quickly into the awaiting ambulance for transport. Sadly, despite all attempts by the paramedics, there was no change in her already critical condition, and as they arrived at the hospital her condition further deteriorated. Staff at the hospital also attempted life saving treatment, but there was nothing more that they could do to save this woman’s life, and she was declared deceased shortly after arrival.
The woman had sustained severe, multiple critical injuries; paramedics on the scene determined that she had a head injury, multiple deep cuts, several broken bones in her lower limbs, severe chest injuries and possible internal injuries in her stomach.
It will be the duty of the local police service to investigate this accident, and to determine who the woman was so as to inform her family.
Vanessa Jackson
ER24