CHENNAI: An RPF constable saved the life of a 22-year-old passenger who was about to fall into tracks when he tried to board a running train at Chennai Central railway station on Friday. The constable who was standing nearby, dragged the youth away from the tracks. The passenger was not injured.
Poovarasan, 22, from Vilankurichi in Coimbatore, was trying to board the train to Coimbatore which had started to move out of the platform at around 6.10am. CCTV footage shows the man approaching the train at the end of the platform and rushing to board carrying two heavy bags.
He managed to get hold of the railing of the door but lost balance because of the weight of the bags and started to hang from the train and was about to fall into the tracks.