MUMBAI: An elderly Indian man narrowly escaped death after the driver of a local train in Mumbai applied emergency brakes in the nick of the time.
The incident occurred in Mumbai’s Kalyan area when the man was trying to cross the railway track. A video of the senior citizen being rescued from under the train has gone viral and is being circulated on social media platforms.
The incident took place around 12.45 pm on Sunday when the train started from platform no. 4 of the Kalyan railway station in neighbouring Thane district. Hari Shankar (70), who was crossing the track at that time, fell and got stuck under the train, the Central Railway (CR) said in a release.
Kalyan: Driver halts train in time, saves life of elderly man crossing tracks | Thane News
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Pakistan Railways Suspends 8 Officials for Tragic Accident
Pakistan Railways (PR) has suspended eight of its officials including a driver and an assistant driver owing to the Karachi Express accident near Sukkur on 7 March.
A preliminary report prepared by the Federal Government Inspector of Railways (FGIR) has revealed the names of the suspended officials Muhammad Shah Afridi, Divisional Engineer-III, Sukkur (BS-18); Peeran Ditta Ghulam Murtaza, Assistant Executive Engineer (BS-17); Amanat Ali, Permanent Way Inspector of Grade-II (BS-16); Abdul Sattar, Driver; Amir Muhammad Jan, Assistant Driver; Abdul Kareem, Mate (BS-5); and Mumtaz Ali, Key-man (BS-4).
PR administration has also issued show-cause notices to the eight officials to explain themselves.