20-year-old's hand severed while boarding train

Vallarpadam Railway Station
Theertha was swiftly taken to a hospital where efforts to reattach her severed hand have commenced. File Photo: Manorama

A twenty-year-old woman's hand was severed while attempting to board a train from Vaikom Road railway station in Kerala on Friday.

Theertha from Kaduthuruthy, Kottayam, was gravely injured when she fell onto the railway track at 7.30 am while boarding a train headed towards Kottayam. She was swiftly taken to Caritas Hospital in Kottayam where efforts to reattach her severed hand commenced, hospital sources said.

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