mumbai bending out of a running local to whack an unsuspecting commuter on the platform cost a collegegoer his life pravin dhurve 19 fell off a borivlibound local on friday afternoon just after the train left goregaon station he fought for life at the babasaheb ambedkar hospital for nearly six hours before succumbing to his injuries pravins distraught family said that he had started travelling by trains only last year pravin studied in fyjc commerce at malads nirmala college on friday he boarded a down local from goregaon to go to college pravin was standing on the footboard of the general compartment he had grabbed a vertical rod in the centre of the door except for one of his arms and a leg the rest of his body was dangling outside the compartment said senior inspector s patil borivli grpcctv footage of platform 1 of goregaon station shows the train picking up speed pravin whacks a commuter on his stomach with his outstretched arm the commuter turns behind to look as the train leaves the platform police officials said pravin loses his balance and falls on the tracks between railway poles 2614 kms and 2615 kms not captured on camera the footage however shows several youngsters on the platform covering their faces in horror as they witness the accident our personnel found pravin on the west side of the down line with severe injuries to his legs and head he was rushed to the babasaheb ambedkar hospital where treatment was started doctors pronounced him dead around 8 pm said patil the cops found an identity card on pravin which had his name and his colleges phone number officers called up the college and got the contact number of one of pravins sisters jyoti pravin is survived by his mother and four sisters his father is no more the family has a modest financial background and lives in goregaon east pravins mother works at a kindergarten he was our only brother and the familys pet our mother is inconsolable jyoti told toi she added pravin was in a coma since the accident and the family could not even speak to him he preferred taking a train to college as it was faster than a bus his college is located not too far from our home but travelling by bus would mean getting caught in traffic jams jyoti said the cops informed the family about his stunt the body was handed over after an autopsy an accidental death case was recorded by borivli grp