On CCTV, Cop's Swift Action Saves Pregnant Woman Who Fell From Train Near Mumbai
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The incident took place when the woman, in an attempt to deboard a moving train, almost slipped in the gap between the train and the platform.
A constable at the Kalyan Railway Station near Mumbai saved a pregnant woman from falling into the gap between the train and the platform on Monday, CCTV footage of the platform showed. The incident took place on Platform Number 4 when the woman, in an attempt to deboard a moving train almost slipped in the gap. Railway Protection Force (RPF) staff Shri S R Khandekar saved the life of a pregnant woman who had slipped while attempting to de-board a moving train at Kalyan railway station today.Railway appeals to passengers not to board or de-board a running train.@RailMinIndiapic.twitter.com/68imlutPaY
21-year-old Vandana, travelling with her husband Chandresh and her child, were supposed to board a Train Number 02103 to Gorakhpur from Kalyan. Instead, they boarded a different train. But by the time they realised it, the train had already begun moving. As Vandana, who is eight months pregnant, she stumbles, not able to balance herself. Right then, Railway Protection Force Constable SR Khandekar jumps in to save her.
The woman, unhurt, later boarded the train to Gorakhpur with her family.
