A WOMAN died on Monday after getting too close to an Alicante railway track as the slipstream generated by a passing train threw her onto a rock.
Eyewitnesses said the 52-year-old victim of Moldovan nationality was talking on her mobile phone when accessing a prohibited area at around 6pm.
The Renfe Cercanias commuter train tooted an emergency alert but it was too late for her to take any avoiding action.
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She died almost instantly as a result of a head injury.
The area next to Alicante’s El Palmeral park is popular with anglers and there have been previous incidents involving trains.
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She decided to move away to use her phone when she was thrown to the ground by the train’s slipstream- fatally falling onto a rock,
The police confirmed that no access via the rail track is allowed to the fishing area.
The Policia Nacional is carrying out a formal investigation.
