A 13-year-old boy has died after he fell from a train in Soweto, Johannesburg.
Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said paramedics responded to the scene near the Merafe train station after 2pm on Sunday.
The boy sustained a head injury and was found at the bottom of an embankment, next to a stream.
Herbst said rescue workers set up a rope and basket system to retrieve his body.
The train tracks in both directions were shut down.
Boy, 13, dies after falling from train
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A 13-year-old boy has died after he fell from a train in Soweto, Johannesburg.
Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said paramedics responded to the scene near the Merafe train station after 2pm on Sunday.
The boy sustained a head injury and was found at the bottom of an embankment, next to a stream.
Herbst said rescue workers set up a rope and basket system to retrieve his body.
The train tracks in both directions were shut down.
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