A 2-yr-old boy had a narrow escape after he got stuck under the engine of a goods train. He was saved thanks to alert loco-pilots. He had been trapped perilously close to the wheels. The scary incident came to light on Wednesday after its video went viral on social media. The train was on its way to Agra. By the time loco pilot Deewan Singh and his assistant Atul Anand could spot a two-year-old in the middle of the tracks their goods train was already running. They hurried to apply emergency brakes and the train screeched to a halt but only after it had passed over the boy. Filled with dread, Deewan and Atul jumped out. They blinked in disbelief but also utter relief at what they saw — and heard. The child was crying, scared but miraculously unhurt.
It was near Ballabgarh railway station in Haryana’s Faridabad district. The station is usually not too busy. These days, less so. “The two-year-old and his 14-year-old brother were playing at the station. They must have been on the tracks when the elder brother left the child there,” said SK Srivastava, commercial manager of Agra divisional railways. That was when the Delhi-Agra train was on its way back. In a 19-second video of the incident, which begins right after the train stopped, the boy can be seen crying uncontrollably from beneath the train while a teenager, presumably his brother, is held by the loco pilot. The video went viral on Wednesday. The two loco pilots first tried to calm the toddler, and then, slowly, eased him out of the dangerously cramped space. He was then handed over to his relieved mother. The railway authorities have been informed about the incident and the oco pilots will be rewarded by the divisional railway manager for their efforts.