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Drunk Man Dozes Off On Railway Track Escapes Unhurt Even As Train Runs Over In Coimbatore

He was sleeping in a parallel position on the rocks and suddenly a mainline electric multiple unit (MEMU) train neared him.

Chennai: Not many people are even half lucky as this man from Coimbatore who escaped unhurt even after a train passed over him. The train bound to Mettupalayam stopped on the track with great difficulty and the passengers feared the unidentified man would be dead since the train passed over him. However, the young man returned unhurt and alive. 

According to a report on DT Next, an unidentifiable man who was in an inebriated condition was laying down on the track near Coimbatore. He was sleeping in a parallel position on the rocks and suddenly a mainline electric multiple unit (MEMU) train neared him. Initially the loco pilot did not recognise him. However, later the loco pilot was shocked to find a man lying on the tracks and raised several hocks. He thought the man fainted on the tracks since he did not respond to the honks and finally applied breaks. 

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Yet few coaches of the train passed over him and all the passengers panicked that he might have died in the mishap or sustained grievous injuries. As soon as the train stopped they rushed to the man, however, he escaped unhurt without any scratch and alive.

The inebriated man also refused to wake up from the spot. A video from the area also showed the officials dragging him out of the track from under the train. The incident delayed the train by 10 minutes and later started back to Mettupalayam from Coimbatore. 

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