Man killed while trying to board moving train
November 17th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) A middle aged man died a horrific death after suffering multiple injuries when he tried to board a moving train here, police said Thursday. Fellow passengers said medical negligence killed him.
Bhagwan Porwal slipped between the platform and the footboard of a coach of the Indore-bound Intercity Express at 9.40 p.m. Wednesday, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police B.S. Gurjar said.
The small-time dry fruits trader from Kota in Rajasthan got stuck awkwardly between the footboard and the platform, and remained agonizingly in that state even after the train halted.
Failing to pull him out the easy way, officials ripped apart the footboard with gas cutters and broke a portion of the platform to rescue him.
By then, he had bled profusely and pleading with everyone to save him.
Passengers hit out at railway authorities for failing to immediately come to his rescue.
As there were no stretchers to take him to the ambulance, he was put on a hand cart and ferried out of the station, furious witnesses said.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was taken and where he died was eight-10 km away. The whole process took more than an hour, during which time the victim continued to lose blood.
Gurjar refuted charges of medical delay.
“There was no delay. We received a call at around 10.25 p.m. and rushed him to the hospital at 11.35. We also called fire officials to take him out,” he said.
Assistant Sub Inspector at Nizamuddin railway station Ram Avtar told IANS:
“He was alive and in great pain. He was pleading everyone to save him.”
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi admitted laxity.
“Our railway stations lag behind in providing minimum medical facilities which should be available at every station,” Trivedi said, describing the death as a “sad incident”.
Trivedi blamed indiscipline for the tragedy.
“There is very little discipline in India. At a lot of places, the manned level crossing is closed but many railway karamcharis (workers) and public open it and walk across the tracks and get hit by trains,” he said.
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