Caught on camera: Train runs over 2-year-old boy, he survives

After the train came to a halt, we stepped out of the train and found him stuck beneath the engine, the loco pilot said in his letter

A two-year-old boy, who was pushed in front of a train allegedly by his elder brother, miraculously survived due to the driver's timely action. The alleged incident took place at the Ballabgarh station in Faridabad, near Delhi.

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The boy was playing near the Ballabgarh station when he fell on the railway tracks after he was allegedly pushed by a teenager, who is believed to be his brother. A goods train was speeding towards him. By the time the driver hit the emergency brakes, the train had already run over the boy.

A panicked train driver and his assistant stepped out and to their disbelief, the boy escaped without a scratch. With the help of others, the loco pilot managed to get the boy out from under the engine. Later, the boy was handed over to his mother.

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Loco pilot Deewan Singh and his assistant Atul Anand shared a detailed account of the incident in a letter written to the railway officials, reports NDTV. "We applied the emergency brake the moment we spotted the boy in the middle of tracks. After the train came to a halt, we stepped out of the train and found him stuck beneath the engine. We later rescued him and handed the boy to his mother," the letter stated.

According to a railway official, the divisional railway manager has announced a reward for the loco pilots.

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