15 Year old Mckaylen Ramsamy, a grade 8 student at Temple Valley Secondary School was declared deceased after he was knocked down by a train in Verulam – KwaZulu-Natal this morning.
Reaction Unit South Africa received a call for medical assistance at approx 08:05 (Thursday) and Paramedics arrived on scene a few minutes later to find a young male attired in school uniform lying alongside the railway line. He was barefoot. Medics for the EMRS were in attendance & declared him deceased.
According to his family who arrived on scene, Ramsamy had been robbed by a suspect two days ago at a taxi rank in the Verulam Cbd. His shoes was taken during the robbery. Fearing for his life, the victim changed his route from his temporary residence in Russom Street via the railway station to his school when he realized that the suspect was known to hang out at the taxi rank.
A case of Culpable Homicide is being investigated.
Robbery Victim Killed In Train Accident in Verulam https://t.co/Hv05mMoTLm #ArriveAlive #LevelCrossing #Rail @Rail_Safety pic.twitter.com/iTTbAEdiDU
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