Railway personnel saves man from being run over by train [WATCH]

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel helped prevent a massive misadventure by rescuing a passenger at the Purnia railway station in Bihar. The passenger slipped while boarding a moving train and was about to fall into the gap between the footboard and the platform.

In the CCTV video, put out by the official Twitter account of Ministry of Railways, a train can be seen leaving the station and a man tries to hurriedly get on it. The passenger losses his footing and almost falls into the gap between the footboard and the platform. This vigilant RPF personnel, identified as Sanjiv Kumar Singh rushes to save the man and pulls him to safety in the right time.

“An alert RPF jawan saved a passenger who met with an accident while boarding a moving train in Bihar's Purnia. Please do not attempt to board/deboard a moving train.” the caption on the video read.

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Many netizens praised the RPF personnel for saving the passenger.

“Salute to this RPF jawan who saved a life. May God bless you,” a user wrote.

Another said, “Salute to this police man, appreciated”.

“He deserves an out of turn promotion,” a user wrote.

“Kudos to RPF jawan. I hope the close doors will be implemented soon in all railways,” read a comment.

“Frequently, we are seeing such incidents happening. There must be some sort of permanent solutions must be implemented,” another user wrote.

Several urged people to not board or deboard moving trains as it can prove fatal.

Earlier, a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) was praised on social media after he saved the life of a passenger at Nagpur railway station.

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