Sydney Trains: Woman killed after being hit at Punchbowl station

A woman has died after being hit by a train in western Sydney.

The woman, in her fifties, was hit by a car at Punchbowl train station in Sydney’s south-west on Tuesday afternoon.

She had climbed onto the tracks to pick up something she had dropped – possibly a mobile phone – but she was unable to climb back onto the platform.

Emergency services rushed to the station and NSW fire and rescue crews attempted to free the woman from under the train.

She was immediately taken by ambulance to St. George’s Hospital, but tragically passed away there on Wednesday morning.

Police spoke to a number of witnesses at the scene and also viewed camera footage as part of their investigation.

The driver gave a negative breath test.

A woman in her 50s was hit by a car at Punchbowl train station in Sydney’s south-west, causing delays

Commuter trains were thrown into chaos on Tuesday afternoon as a result of the incident