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Elderly man, young neighbour avert train mishap in Mangaluru

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June 2, 2016

Mangaluru, Jun 2: The presence of mind of an elderly man and the bravery showed by his young neighbour averted a railway accident on the outskirts of Mangaluru yesterday morning.

trainPassengers of Ernakulam-Hazzrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express thanked the duo after the train was stopped at Panjirel between Mangaluru Junction and Thokur (Surathkal) station.

It was Moses, an elderly man, who noticed a broken railway track around 7.45 am while crossing it to reach his property located on the other side of the track.

He immediately came back and informed his neighbour Harshith, who rushed to the spot, ran back home, grabbed a red T-shirt and ran towards Mangaluru Junction on the track.

When he noticed an oncoming train, he waved the T-shirt and the loco pilot stopped the train.

26-year-old Harshith said that he was sleeping when he was woken up and told about the broken track. Sensing trouble, he rushed to the spot and managed to avert an accident.

The officials concerned were informed and the gangmen arrived at the spot and clamped the track. Southern Railway PRO M?K?Gopinath said the train was held up for 30 minutes between 8.05 am and 8.35 am.

Comments

suresh
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

Naren! Learn some thing from these guys.

Rikaz
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

Hats off to you guys!

HUMANITY!

Welwisher
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

GOOD JOB., This is the humanity...

Kiran
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

wow wonderful job done by the local two, a big salute to both.

Jeevan
 - 
Thursday, 2 Jun 2016

this is called concern on others, support always other people to live,

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