34-yr-old woman drives car on Telangana rail tracks for 7km, brings train services to a halt

The Telangana police have arrested a 34-year-old woman after she drove her car on the railway tracks near Shankarpalli in the Rangareddy district for about 7km on Thursday morning, disrupting train services for at least an hour, officials said.

The incident happened at around 7am between Nagulapalli and Shankarpalli stations when the woman, identified as Vomika Sony from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, suddenly entered the railway tracks at a level-crossing gate between Shankarpally-Nagulapally stations and continued driving her car, a Kia Sonet, despite attempts by railway staff to stop her, a railway official said.

Locals noticed the woman driving the car on the track, shouted at her and attempted to stop the vehicle. However, Sony threatened them by brandishing a rod, preventing them from coming near her and drove the car swiftly along the railway tracks, the railway official said.

REFERENCE: HINDUSTAN TIMES