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RPF personnel lauded for pulling woman to safety from moving train

When the train started to move, a woman passenger ran towards it to board the moving train. However, she slipped and fell between the train and platform.

DTNEXT Bureau

TIRUCHY: A RPF personnel rescued a woman passenger when she slipped from a moving train in Tiruchy Junction on Monday. The CCTV footage of the rescue went viral on Thursday. Guruvayur Express bound from Chennai reached Tiruchy around 2.10 pm on Monday. When the train started to move, a woman passenger ran towards it to board the moving train. However, she slipped and fell between the train and platform. RPF personnel Sathish Kumar pulled her out of the spot for safety and saved her life. Tiruchy RPF lauded him as a hero in uniform.

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