IN PHOTOS: Visually impaired woman rescued from train-platform gap in Ghatkopar

A visually impaired passenger, who was trapped between a train and a platform at Ghatkopar railway station on Sunday, October 27, was rescued by the railway police, staff and some passengers (PICS/SATEJ SHINDE)

Updated On: 2024-10-28 12:01 PM IST

Compiled by : Divya Nair

Pic/SATEJ SHINDE

A group of visually impaired people wait at Ghatkopar station platform No.2 for the train to arrive. They were in the suburb for a Diwali function and were on their way home. This woman (circled) was standing close to the platform edge

The trains were crowded on Sunday, too, owing to a mega block on the Central line

As the train rolls into the station, the crowd rushes forward, causing the woman to slip into the space between the platform and train

A TC immediately rushes to tell the loco pilot to stop, while GRP officials jump on to tracks to rescue the woman

As the woman was visually impaired, she was finding it more difficult to get herself out

The railway police and other staff members reached the spot and began helping the woman

As the officials as well as some passengers attempt to help the woman, they are relieved to see that she is unhurt

They were joined by more police personnel

The woman was successfully pulled out of the tracks

Officials gently guide the shaken woman to the opposite platform

The railway staff provided her with medical aid and ensured that she did not suffer any grievous injury. As they move across the tracks, they see an oncoming train and frantically wave at the loco pilot to stop

After the incident, GRP officers at the station began assisting visually impaired passengers board the locals amid the Sunday rush 

(From left) The saviours, GRP Constable Pramod Kdam; TTE Mumbai CR Dhananjay Yadav; the visually impaired passenger Maya Rao; RPF Constable Sanjay Saini; TTE CR Suraj Halde and other officials at Ghatkopar station following the dramatic rescue

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