A dramatic video has emerged of a man miraculously surviving a death scare after he slipped and fell beside a moving train while trying to board it. The incident took place on June 18 in Jharsuduga railway station, located in eastern India's Odisha state.
Visuals showed a middle aged man, identified as Rajesh Talwar, jogging to board the train. However, he slips down the platform. Fortunately, he fell beside the train and did not come under the wheels, thus sparing his life.
Reports said after the driver was alerted of the situation, he halted the train and personnel from the Railway Protection Force inside the platform rushed to save him. One report said Talwar boarded the same train and left for its destination.