Trackman Padmakar Hira Shelar was on his way to work around 12 am on Thursday near Dombivali, when he witnessed what could have been a scene from any movie with fast cars. A speeding Ford Mustang hit the barricades of a bridge and fell onto the railway tracks below. Unfazed, Shelar immediately informed his seniors who alerted the Central Railway control room.

The car had fallen off the bridge onto the track between Dativli and Nilje stations. The Diva-Panvel rail corridor that ferries rail traffic from north to south India on the Central Railway was shut for about an hour due to this. The CR took cognisance of Shelar's quick-thinking and rewarded him on Thursday.