CR man ‘out-races’ speeding train to save kid in Thane
The lifetime of a younger boy, who had fallen on the railway observe in Thane was saved by a Central Railway worker who raced an oncoming categorical train. According to the main points, the incident occurred on April 17 at Vangani Station of Central Railway in Thane and Pointsman Mayur Shelke’s feat earned him an appreciative tweet from Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.
As per CCTV footage, a visually handicapped lady is seen carrying a heavy rucksack strolling on the platform when a 6-year-old youngster accompanying her abruptly appears to stumble and fall on to the railway tracks under.
The footage additionally exhibits the Bengaluru-Mumbai Udayan Express train speeding on the identical observe when the Pointsman Shelke is seen working on that observe from the wrong way to assist the boy.
As the train velocity headlong earlier than him, he appeared to hesitate momentarily, however continued to dash and helped up the kid who was attempting to clamber on the excessive platform.
Shelke pushed the kid up and in addition desperately hoisted himself as barely a second later the train zoomed onto the platform, however each the kid and his guardian angel have been saved by just about by a hair’s breadth.
Taking to Twitter, the railway minister mentioned, “Very proud of Mayur Shelke, Railwayman from the Vangani Railway Station in Mumbai who has done an exceptionally courageous act, risked his own life & saved a child’s life.”
CR Spokesperson Shivaji Sutar mentioned the staffer is being rewarded for his alertness and daring which helped rescue a boy from sure loss of life on the tracks.
Commenting on the incident, Shelkhe mentioned the girl (with the kid) was visually impaired. She may do nothing. I ran in direction of the kid but in addition thought that I is likely to be in hazard too.Â
“Still, I thought I should save him. The woman was very emotional & thanked me a lot. Min Piyush Goyal also called me up,” he mentioned.Â
(With IANS inputs)
