Drunk Man Leaves Truck On Rail Tracks, Alert Train Driver Averts Accident

The driver drove the truck onto the main Ludhiana-Delhi railway track and started moving towards the Ludhiana railway station from Sherpur before it got stuck.

An allegedly inebriated truck driver left his vehicle onto a railway track here, minutes before a train was to cross the stretch, officials said.

On being alerted, the loco pilot slowed down the train and halted it a few metres away from the truck, averting a collision, they said.

The truck driver drove his vehicle onto the main Ludhiana-Delhi railway track on Friday night and started moving towards the Ludhiana railway station from Sherpur before it got stuck, said Government Railway Police (GRP) Investigating Officer Jasvir Singh.