MAN was hit by a train in Naledi, Soweto, at around 9am on Wednesday, 11 January.
Daily Sun spoke to a few people who were at the scene and those who live nearby.
A resident said he suspects the man committed suicide because he heard an abnormally loud beep from the train coming from far.
“It made a really loud sound for long and I wondered what could be happening. Even if you were attempting to cross the railway at the time, there’s no way one couldn’t hear that loud sound,” he said.
He also told Daily Sun he saw the body but doesn’t know who that man might be. He sent his condolence to the family.
Another resident, who heard the train’s beeping sound, said it was so loud that there was no way the man didn’t hear it.
“I even peeped to see what was happening and a few minutes after that, I heard a loud sound,” she said.
She said she was not the only one who suspected that something was terribly wrong because when she rushed outside, other residents were already at the scene.
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A third resident said he was not sure if the man was trying to kill himself or not. He also revealed that people from Naledi and Protea liked crossing that railway line, no matter how many times they were told to stop.
“I’m just really praying that kids don’t come near these railways,” he said.
Gauteng police spokeswoman Colonel Dimakatso Sello told Daily Sun that police in Naledi have opened an inquest docket following the death of a man who was allegedly hit by a train on Wednesday morning.
She said the victim had not been identified and was believed to be in his late thirties.
The circumstances that led to the incident were unknown at this stage and police investigation continued.
