A 35-year old man was saved from the clutches of death at the New Delhi Railway Station on Tuesday evening by the prompt efforts of the railway staff.
The passenger identified as Jitendra was trapped between the foot-board of the Patna bound Rajdhani Express and Platform no 13 when the train had just pulled up to begin its journey.
The victim slipped when he was shoved away by a passenger who was attempting to board the running train.
Patna Rajdhani was delayed that day and was scheduled to leave at 8.50pm. The victim was to board some other train which was suppose to depart from the same platform after a while.
The train guard who was still watching on the platform stopped the train by power brakes and the train came to jerking stop. However, the man was trapped and the task to pull out his leg turned out be a difficult job.
The top officials including Station Director Diwakar Jha, present at the station, rushed to the incident place to take on the call how to rescue the passenger. Station Superintend Amitabh Bhardwaj personally involved with the rescue team with hammers and other tools which had to be used meticulously since the leg was bleeding profusely and the victim was in severe pain.
“The entire process took about an hour and finally we were happy to save his leg and life. The CATS ambulance was called the passenger transported to lNJP hospital where he was reportedly doing fine. The RPF also cooperated a lot and managed the crowd which had gathered in large number out of sympathy,” said a rail staff at the station.
“Our team has given tremendous job performance in terms of saving the life of a badly entangled passenger between footboard and platform no 13 of the Rear power car of Patna Rajdhani. The quick response of the entire team is extremely appreciable since they were able to save a life by opening the foot board in an hour in a very critical condition,” said Diwakar Jha, the Station Director of the New Delhi Railway Station, in a moral boosting message to the entire rail employees.