Mumbai, July 24: Many fatal rail accidents have been reported in the recent past involving commuters who slip into the gap between the platform and the train. In a fresh incident reported in Mumbai's Kanjurmarg railway station, a woman slipped while boarding a local train on Tuesday evening. Fortunately, an alert Railway Police Force (RPF) constable immediately rushed to her help and averted a potential accident. A CCTV at the railway station has captured the shocking incident. According to TV9 Marathi, the woman fell down after her saree got entangled. She was standing at the edge of the compartment when the incident took place.

Similar incidents were been reported earlier, in which railway constables' prompt actions and brave-heartedness helped save lives of passengers who misjudge the speed of the local train and slip accidentally. At Panvel railway station, a man was saved after he tried to board a moving express train thinking that it's slow. However, the train gathered speed and the man slipped from the footboard of the compartment as he failed to manage his grip. It was an alert constable who saved him in the nick of time. The CCTV on the railway station similarly captured the entire episode.

Here is the CCTV Video grab of the Panvel incident:

In April, a woman passenger who tried to get down from a Panvel-bound train at Kurla station slipped and almost fell between the train and the gap of the platform. The RPF and few other passengers present there immediately rushed to her help and prevented the mishap worsening.  As per reports in Mumbai, around 1590 people have lost their lives in train-related mishaps. Out of which about 676 people died after they slipped from the train, as per the data released by the railways for the year 2017.

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