India, Aug. 19 -- A passenger rescued from the Mumbai monorail that was stuck for more than three hours on Tuesday said the people inside were "mostly patient", but the senior citizens and children panicked in particular.

According to the eyewitness, the main problem that the stranded passengers suffered with inside the coaches was "suffocation"

"Passengers were patient. The train had many senior citizens and kids, and they were facing difficulties... Suffocation was the main problem inside the train," the passenger told ANI.

A Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) spokesperson said that preliminary checks revealed that the monorail became stranded due to the rise in total weight beyond capacity due to overcrowding....