Australian commuters tip train over to free man
Closed-circuit footage released by the Western Australia State Public Transport Authority showed the man lost his footing while boarding the train at a station in the city of Perth on Wednesday.
A passenger alerted railway staff who stopped the train from leaving, local media said. When railway workers realised the man couldn’t move, they called on other passengers to help.
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Hide AdThe footage showed dozens of people rushing to help tilt the car to free the man, who fell at least thigh deep into the platform gap.
“It’s really heartwarming I think, to find an incident like this where everyone pitched in,” transport authority spokesman David Hynes said.
The man wasn’t named, but local media reported that he was believed to have escaped injury and caught the next train.