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Mumbai train motorman's survival instincts save suicidal teenager
Updated On: 31 August, 2013 06:38 AM IST | | Iram Siddique
19-year-old girl jumps on the track at Mahalaxmi station but an alert motorman (and a lot of luck) saves her life, as train comes to a halt after one bogie passes over her. The college dropout, who was suffering from depression and was receiving medical treatment, escaped without a scratch
With an average of 10 people dying on railway tracks in the city every day, this 19-year-old girl is lucky to be alive, especially considering she made an attempt to join the list of casualties. She jumped in front of a Churchgate-bound slow train at Mahalaxmi station around 9.15 am yesterday. But she survived owing to her will to live, the motorman’s savvy, and luck.

Taking the plunge: The slow local was approaching Mahalaxmiu00a0station. As the train came closer, the woman leapt on to the tracksu00a0
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