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Police, locals push truck off track in Sagar, avert accident
A major accident was averted near the Makronia-Guda railway crossing in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, on Sunday when a truck broke down and stopped on the track. The Quick Reaction Team of the…
The Story in Brief
A major accident was averted near the Makronia-Guda railway crossing in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, on Sunday when a truck broke down and stopped on the track. The Quick Reaction Team of the 10th Battalion Special Armed Forces, Sagar, noticed the stalled truck while on its way to Damoh for law-and-order duty. Together with local residents, they pushed the vehicle off the track just minutes before a train arrived.
A video of the rescue shows the group working together, with a police officer telling the driver, 'You were lucky that we passed from this side.' The driver replied, 'When God sends someone, He sends them like this.' No casualties were reported. The railway crossing gate closed moments after the truck was cleared.
The Indian Opinion
The driver credits God; the police call it luck. But this near-miss in Sagar underlines a simpler truth: quick teamwork by trained personnel and bystanders saved lives. Many similar stories go the other way. The real question is not divine intervention but why so many railway crossings still lack basic barriers or warning systems. Until every unmanned crossing in Madhya Pradesh is fixed, the next video may not end so well.
Source: freepressjournal.in
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