A father and his young daughter who were killed by a train yesterday in Sydney’s south have been identified. Local residents laid flowers at Carlton station in honour of Anand Runwal and his daughter Hinal.
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00:00Flowers and condolences.
00:05This is how locals are coming to terms with the tragic death of Anand Runwal and his two-year-old
00:10daughter, Henal.
00:11ANAND RUNWAL, Family of Anand Runwal and his two-year-old daughter, Henal
00:12This one, my head.
00:13It was just very sad.
00:16CCTV shows the family of four just minutes before the accident.
00:21Police say when the pram rolled onto the tracks, Anand jumped down to try to rescue his twin
00:26daughters.
00:27He's a very rare hero.
00:29News of their deaths has reached friends and family overseas.
00:32No words, no words to express how to express that.
00:37I don't know.
00:38While it's still unclear what caused that pram to roll onto the tracks, the horrific
00:42incident has some concerned locals calling for more safety measures on train platforms.
00:47No security for my four baby.
00:50Little kids are running around.
00:51They should have a little bit higher, like a little railing, just for protection.
00:56I can't commit today to putting up the glass barricades that you've seen in metro stations
01:02across the system without knowing how that would be implemented.
01:07The mother and her surviving daughter were released from hospital last night.
01:11Honest to God, I feel so sorry for her.
01:13I don't know what she's going through.
01:16A community offering support for a widow and her young daughter with no family here.