Watch: Loco pilot in Mumbai uses emergency brake to save senior citizen; netizens laud his act

By Team NewsableFirst Published Jul 19, 2021, 7:52 PM IST
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A video of a loco pilot using emergency brake to save the life of a senior citizen makes rounds on social media for all the right reasons.

A video of a loco pilot of the Mumbai-Varanasi train (02193) using emergency brake to save the life of an elderly man who was stuck in the tracks of Kalyan station in Mumbai goes viral.

In the video, the loco pilot and onlookers can be seen helping out the senior citizen to come out of the tracks. Watch the video:

Alert Loco Pilots of Mumbai-Varanasi train (02193) applied emergency brakes immediately after starting the train from Kalyan station & saved the life of a senior citizen who was crossing tracks.

Please do not cross tracks in an unauthorized manner. It can be fatal. pic.twitter.com/hHCtn9bVIu

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia)

The video was shared by the Ministry of Railways on their official Twitter handle and has garnered 62.2k views in just 22 hours of sharing.

However, the video received a massive response from netizens and they praised the loco pilot for his heroic act.

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