A Cape Town schoolboy was killed after being hit by a passenger train while crossing the tracks.
|||Cape Town - A schoolboy was killed on Friday morning when he was hit by a passenger train in Cape Town.
The 19-year-old pupil was killed on the railway line between Stikland and Brackenfell stations, Metrorail Western Cape regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz said.
ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson said that according to witnesses, the teenager, dressed in school uniform, was crossing the tracks.
Paramedics found his body next to the tracks.
He was declared dead at the scene, Jackson said.
In an unrelated incident, a fire started on a train at Thornton Station on Friday morning.
Swartz said it was thought to have been caused by an electrical fault in the middle motor coach.
No injuries were reported and other trains were rerouted on to the second line.
Swartz said response teams were attending to both incidents.
Delays had been expected on the central, northern and Cape Flats lines.
Both incidents were being investigated, he said.
Swartz appealed to commuters to adhere to staff instructions while they were being dealt with.
Cape Argus