Train runs over man, he remains safe

Train runs over man, he remains safe

Harveer Dabas TNN

Bijnor:02.12.2021

Umesh Jain, 60, escaped unscathed after he was run over by a goods train. Jain had fallen on a railway track at Dhampur railway station in Bijnor. He was unable to muster enough strength to get up because of a prolonged illness.

He was later rescued by the government railway police.

“I was trying to cross when I lost balance and fell on the track. I couldn’t get up even when I saw the train approaching. I laid down on the tracks remembering god. The last thing I heard was a loud rattling sound,” Jain, who is a hawker, said.

Dhampur’s GRP chowki in-charge, Ranveer Singh, said, “The train driver sent a message to the control room and informed them about a body on the track. When we reached, Jain was lying straight with his face down. We overturned him and found him in a semi-conscious state with a rapid heartbeat.”

Singh said the goods train comprised 48 wagons. “We informed Jain’s family members and they rushed to the railway station and took him to a private hospital. They said his condition is normal,” he added.

Sources said the train ran over him for roughly 45 seconds.