Truck driver Shantaram Ovhal was backing up when he felt a sudden jolt which rattled his heavy vehicle. The next moment, the truck landed on its side with a huge thud as the train hit the truck.
Ovhal (55) was lucky to escape with minor injuries. No one on the Aasangaon-CST train was injured, said railway officials. The railway police said that a major tragedy had been averted.
Around 3.50 pm on Wednesday, Ovhal was at the wheel of the truck laden with railway track maintenance paraphernalia. To reverse the vehicle, he moved it close to the first track, not realizing that a train was fast approaching. The train hit the rear of the truck and dragged it a few metres. The motorman applied the emergency brakes, said railway police officials, thus saving the day for train commuters and the truck driver.
A local resident, Ganesh Jadhav, said that the truck had not moved too close to the tracks. "If not, it could have been tragic," said Jadhav. A few local residents extricated Ovhal and took him to Kalyan railway hospital.
A police official said the truck driver seems to be at fault. The railway police has not yet registered a case.
Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App. Click here to download it for your device.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Tragedy averted as reversing truck hits local train, flips over
Dengan url
http://cegahkeropostulang.blogspot.com/2015/02/tragedy-averted-as-reversing-truck-hits.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Tragedy averted as reversing truck hits local train, flips over
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Tragedy averted as reversing truck hits local train, flips over
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar