Police at the Morningside train station following the fatal accident. Photo: NZ Herald
Tejas Patel (24) was killed after getting off a passenger train at the Morningside Station, Auckland, in January last year.
A report released by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission today said after getting off his train, Patel walked onto a station platform to an electronic fare-payment device.
''The train from which he had just alighted departed the station. Meanwhile, another train travelling in the opposite direction was approaching the station on the other track.
''The person walked down the platform ramp and turned right, passing through an unguarded opening, and stepped out in front of the approaching train. The train struck the person, who was fatally injured.''
