In the nick of time, a Railway Protection Force (RPF) staff saved the life of a 70-year-old man who was found hanging from the handle of a moving train, at Mangaluru railway station.
An elderly man tried to board S6 coach of Mangaluru – Thiruvananthapuram Malabar Express which was leaving the station from platform number 3 on July 27 at 6.15 pm. However, he could not board the coach of the moving train and was found hanging with the handle.
On noticing it, RPF staff K M K Prakesh pulled the man to rescue him and prevented him from falling between the track and the train.