{"id":46557,"date":"2024-03-26T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T11:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/man-30-struck-dead-by-train-between-rondebosch-and-rosebank-railway-stations-20240326\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:19:51","slug":"man-30-struck-dead-by-train-between-rondebosch-and-rosebank-railway-stations-20240326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/man-30-struck-dead-by-train-between-rondebosch-and-rosebank-railway-stations-20240326\/","title":{"rendered":"Man (30) struck dead by train between Rondebosch and Rosebank Railway stations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 30-year-old man was killed by a train on Monday morning, 25 March. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The incident occurred around 06:00 between Rondebosch and Rosebank Railway Stations.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The train\u00a0was travelling from Fish Hoek to Cape Town at the time of the incident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Rondebosch police and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) confirmed a 30-year-old man was killed by a train on Monday morning, 25 March, between Rondebosch and Rosebank Railway Stations. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">\u201cAround 06:00, the police service\u2019s Retreat Metro Rail [division] &nbsp;was informed of the incident between Rondebosch and Rosebank Railway Station and responded accordingly,\u201d said Rondebosch police spokesperson WO Lyndon Sisam. \u201cOn police\u2019s arrival they saw the body of an adult male.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">The police were informed by the train driver that she was travelling from Fish Hoek to Cape Town when she saw someone get onto the tracks. 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