CHENNAI: Passengers and a Railway Protection Force constable rescued a 69-year-old man who slipped and was trapped between a moving train and a platform at the Guindy railway station here on Thursday evening.The incident occurred around 5.30pm when a Villupuram-Chennai Beach train stopped at platform 1 and began to move. A passenger, identified as Mohammed Elias, slipped while attempting to board the train and fell into the gap between the train and the platform. As the train moved, he was dragged for about 50 metres.Passengers standing on the platform and RPF constable Narayan Singh, attached to Mambalam RPF, came to his rescue. The train stopped soon, and Elias was rescued.Elias suffered an injury on his left leg. RPF personnel provided him first aid and called a 108 ambulance. He received further treatment in the ambulance before returning home.Police advised passengers to avoid boarding and deboarding from moving trains.
