Kolkata: An alert metro train driver prevented a 71-year-old man from committing suicide, officials said.
As soon as the train entered Jatin Das Park station at around 7.00 pm, septuagenarian SS Mukherjee jumped from the platform on to the tracks.
The alert driver immediately applied emergency brakes and brought the train to a halt, Metro DGM Protyush Ghosh said.
As soon as the train entered Jatin Das Park station at around 7.00 pm, septuagenarian SS Mukherjee jumped from the platform on to the tracks.
The alert driver immediately applied emergency brakes and brought the train to a halt, Metro DGM Protyush Ghosh said.
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