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15/08/2014
Woman Dies After Being Hit By DART
A woman hit by a DART train after falling onto the tracks at Raheny station has died in hospital.
It is understood that the woman was waiting on a train when she fell onto the tracks at about 13:45 on Thursday.
The driver of the Pearse to Drogheda service is understood to have applied the emergency brake but was unable to stop the train before it hit the woman.
She was pronounced dead at Beaumont Hospital.
An investigation into the accident is underway.
(MH/CD)
It is understood that the woman was waiting on a train when she fell onto the tracks at about 13:45 on Thursday.
The driver of the Pearse to Drogheda service is understood to have applied the emergency brake but was unable to stop the train before it hit the woman.
She was pronounced dead at Beaumont Hospital.
An investigation into the accident is underway.
(MH/CD)
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