Woman ran over by train after fleeing monkey attack in India

    A woman was killed by a train whilst she was fleeing an attack from a monkey in India.

    The 43-year-old, identified as Kamala Devi, was sitting on a bench at Hempur depot railway station in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district when the animal jumped on her.

    Police said she crossed railway lines in a panic and was hit by an oncoming train.

    Last year, an 11-year-old girl died of injuries she sustained while trying to escape a monkey attack in Uttarakhand.

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