Elderly man dies after hand is trapped in train door dragging him along platform

An elderly man tragically died after a train door closed on his hand and he was dragged along the platform at a station in Brazil.

Jose Alves Simao, 82, had been trying to board the train at Uruguaiana Station on the Rio de Janeiro metro, on 22nd October, when the accident happened.

The door closed on his hand and he became trapped as the train began to move down the track.