Student Falls In Between Train Station Gap, Gets Trapped Between Platform And Cart

Authorities in India's Andhra Pradesh state rescued a local 20-year-old woman who accidentally became trapped between a train bogie and a station platform this week.

The woman, identified only as a university student named M. Shashikala, was getting down from the 17243 train on the Guntur-Rayagada Express line at Duvvada railway station's platform No. 4 Wednesday when she slipped and became stuck between the train and the platform, Indian media reported.

Shashikala's co-passengers attempted to offer their aid as she cried for help, but they were unable to rescue the college freshman, according to the Times of India.

Railway personnel later arrived, and Shashikala was safely pulled out around an hour and a half later after two blocks from the platform were removed.

Shashikala sustained internal injuries and was taken to the Kims Icon Hospital in Sheela Nagar, The Hindu reported.

The incident caused the Guntur-Rayagada Express to be delayed by 20 minutes, according to the newspaper.

Divisional railway manager Anup Kumar Satpathy appreciated the efforts of the personnel involved in the rescue, including members of the Railway Protection force as well as staffers from different departments.

In a similar incident from several months ago, two New York City police officers were caught on camera rescuing a woman who fainted and fell on subway tracks.

The two unnamed officers from the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) 68th Precinct were on their daily transit inspection at the Bay-Ridge-95th Street station on the morning of June 20 when they noticed a 25-year-old woman collapsed on the platform.

The woman, who reportedly suffered a medical episode, became unconscious and fell onto the station's tracks.

In response, the two NYPD officers immediately attempted to rescue the woman, bodycam footage of the incident showed.

One of the officers jumped down onto the tracks to lift up the woman, while the second officer pulled the woman to the platform.

A train pulled into the subway station moments after the successful rescue, according to police.

As a result of her fall, the woman suffered a head injury and was taken to New York University Langone Hospital.

The two officers who saved her were not injured in the incident.