Anita Trivedi, a 23-year-old Kings College
medical student, has
committed suicide by jumping under a moving
train after
failing her exams.
Daily Mail reports that Trivedi, from Newham,
East London, was
depressed after having to resit her fourth year at medical school.
Before the suicide, Anita suffered from mood swings, eating
problems, hair loss and even attacked a classmate in the toilet.
The victim told a Southwark Coroner’s Court that Anita attacked
her for no reason.
“She turned her head towards me and just
lunged at me and
started attacking me.
“She put her right fist out and started to
attempt to punch me
and I kept putting my hands out to stop.
“Then she hit me really hard on the left side
of my head. I bent
over the sink because I would have fallen over
if I hadn’t put my
hands out.
Anita took her own life by, jumping into the
way of a freight
train that was travelling through a station near the medical
school’s campus.
In a statement read at the inquest, the driver
of the train said he saw someone on the tracks
and tried to stop it, adding that the person did
not leave the tracks even after he sounded the horn.
“The train was coming to a stop and I was able to see the
person lying on the track.
“The person made no attempt to get up off
the track.
“When the train came to a halt 250 foot
after the impact with
the person and could not have stopped in
time. It seemed to
me this was a deliberate act.”
A number of eyewitnesses also confirmed that
they saw the
deceased jump under the train.
Anita’s father, Kailash Trivedi said his daughter did not look
depressed after failing her exams.
“She was beautiful, very pretty, she cared for everybody, she
always remembered birthdays and Father’s Day and Mother’s
Day. She was everything,” he said.
“She was so good, so nice, so polite, so
courteous. I miss her so much.” Her friend,
Darena Dineva, however said she struggled after the failure.
The Kings College has issued an official condolence message to
the family.
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