Kundapur: Lucky Escape - Youth Falls off Moving Train, Injured
Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (PS)
Kundapur, Oct 23: A 26-year-old youth had a providential escape after he fell off the moving Netravati Express near Nada railway road here on Tuesday October 23.
The youth, identified as Vinay (26) is a resident of Rajajinagar, Bangalore. He was carrying out interior designing projects for buildings and was employed as an engineer for a restaurant in Goa.
It is learnt that as Vinay did not get the ticket to travel to Bangalore by bus, he took a general ticket from Goa to Mangalore on Netravati Express and had planned to take a bus to Bangalore from Mangalore. He was traveling back home on the occasion of Vijayadashami.
The train left Goa at around 12.30 am, and when it reached Nada in Kundapur taluk at around 4 am, Vinay reportedly felt someone push him.
Vinay has lost a gold chain, a wallet and his gold ring. The injured Vinay was lying alone till 7 am, as no one noticed him by the side of the railway track. He sustained serious head injuries and was not able to move, it is learnt.
At around 7 in the morning the railway track inspection personnel, spotted Vinay and informed Shreedhar Badakere, a local. As Shreedhar was away from town, he informed his friends Gopala Krishna and Shivananda Bhandary of Nada. Volunteers of Sahayavani 24/7 in Gangolli took Vinay in their ambulance and admitted him to Chinmayee hospital in Kundapur.
No response from 108
Gopal Krishna on arriving at the spot tried calling 108 service, however, there was no immediate response. Sahayavani 24/7 volunteers then arrived at the spot and admitted the injured to the hospital. Local people wholeheartedly appreciated the work of Sahayavani.
Mobile phone in Kannur
Vinay's mobile phone which was missing after the incident has been retrieved by the railway station officials of Kannur. However, his bag is still missing.