Maharashtra: RPF hero saves woman from falling into gap between train and platform in Nalasopara
Last year, 13 people died after falling into spaces between trains and platforms in Mumbai, a news report said. Lata Maheshwari was one of the lucky ones.
In Short
- Lata Maheshwari was trying to board a moving train
- She lost her balance while trying to do so
- Luckily for her, an RPF officer was there to save her
A Railway Police Force (RPF) officer saved a senior citizen from falling in the crevice between a moving train and a platform at Nalasopara railway station, news reports said.
The officer rushed to the rescue of Lata Maheshwari, who lost her balance while trying to get into a train headed for Churchgate in Mumbai, the Times of India reported.
It could have all gone so terribly wrong. The TOI report said that before the RPF officer came to Maheshwari's aid, the "lower part of her body was hanging between the train and platform gap," and that she was "dragged around 20 feet."
In the end, she only suffered "minor bruises," the report said.
A man who tried to board a train at Mumbai's Borivali station in very similar circumstances just weeks ago, wasn't quite so lucky.
The 40-year-old fell between the platform and the Ahmedabad-bound Gujarat Mail, and was killed, the Mumbai Mirror reported.
Last year, as many as 13 people died after falling into spaces between trains and platforms in Mumbai, the Hindustan Times reported citing data obtained by Sameer Jhaveri, an activist.
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