Platform hammered down to save man’s life stuck between train and platform in Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow News

LUCKNOW: A railway station platform was hammered down to save the life of a passenger, who fell and acquired stuck between the hole of platform and a train whereas trying to board the shifting specific.
The incident happened on Tuesday morning at Mahpur railway station of Ghazipur district.
In accordance to railways, it was the alert train guard Rajesh Kumar Upadhaya of Prayagraj Rambag – Mau MEMU specific, who noticed the sufferer and instantly utilized the emergency brake to stop train run over the sufferer, after which the platform was hammered down.

Video of the incident has now gone viral on the net, in which a person is seen breaking the concrete of the platform’s edge whereas the sufferer pleads with rescuers to save him.
Talking to TOI, Ashok Kumar, the general public relation officer of Varanasi division of NER stated, “Passenger was trying to board a working MEMU and misplaced his steadiness earlier than falling right into a slim hole between platform and train. He was instantly noticed by train guard Rajesh Kumar Upadhaya, who utilized emergency brakes and referred to as for assist.”
“On the time of the incident, a bunch of laborers have been laying a rail observe subsequent to the train. One of many staff with an iron bar hammered down the platform’s edge and passenger was rescued. He was despatched to the native hospital for minor accidents which he sustained in the course of the mishap,” stated PRO.