/ 4 March 2002

CAPE SCHOOLGIRL FALLS UNDER TRAIN, LOSES LEGS

A 14-year-old schoolgirl lost both her legs when she fell under a train at the Khayelitsha railway station near Cape Town on Friday. Metrorail representative Riana Jacobs said the accident happened shortly before 8am when the girl ran to catch the train. She slipped and fell between the platform and the train. Jacobs said the girl was airlifted to the Tygerberg Hospital where she was reportedly in a stable condition. – Sapa