Viral Video: Woman crosses railway track to collect luggage just before speeding train arrives

In a hair-raising footage that has gone viral on the internet displays passengers’ close encounter with death. The video shows a woman and her family crossing the railway track just seconds before the arrival of a train on another track.

The train stopped in the middle of nowhere and there was no railway platform in the surrounding area. However, not only the woman and her family but many others decided to get off the train and tried to cross the railway track.

IAS officer Awanish Sharan posted the clip with a word of advice. This dangerous stunt could have cost one of the passengers their life. The video was uploaded on Twitter and it has gathered more than 1 lakh likes.

In the viral video, a woman was seen getting down off a train that was not stopped on any railway platform. Not only her, but she had an elderly woman and several others along with her and everyone followed suit. The person who was making the video told them about an approaching train which created a panic amongst them. They began throwing luggage to the other side of the track and there was absolute disorder. If you watch the video closely, you will see that this could have turned fatal for any of the passengers.

Here’s the video:

After the video went viral, many netizens did not encourage such kind of reckless behaviour. They admonished the passengers, especially the woman, who could have lost her life.

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