NASHIK: Bombay-Nanded Tapovan Express He traveled about 700 meters in reverse on Saturday to pick up a passenger who had fallen while approaching. manmad crossing. The injured passenger later died at the hospital and was identified as Sarvar Shaikha 30-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh.
“The train pilot sought permission from the controller and maneuvered the train in reverse to pick up the injured passenger,” said divisional railway director Iti Pandey. The unusual turn of events occurred around 11am on Saturday, when the train was forced to stop because someone had pulled the emergency chain.
“The train guard SS Kadam learned from passengers that a man had fallen from the third carriage. Kadam contacted the locomotive pilot, MS Alam, who then contacted the controller and asked for permission to return,” said another senior Manmad official. season.
A goods train running on the Tapovan Express was stopped at an earlier station, leaving room for the latter to return and pick up the injured man.
The fellow travelers located the injured Shaikh and picked him up, after which the train proceeded to Manmad station. There, the railway authorities arranged for an ambulance in which Shaikh was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The express then continued its journey towards Nanded.
