People power saves Chinese man crushed between subway train and safety barrier
Commuters push train away from platform to release man who got wedged in gap after trying to leap onto track
Hundreds of subway commuters were involved in a dramatic rescue effort in Beijing on Thursday after a man became trapped between a train and a platform barrier, local media reported.
The incident happened about 7.50pm at Dongzhimen station after a man, who was unnamed but said to be aged in his 40s, climbed over a safety barrier and on to the track as a train was approaching, Beijing Evening News reported on Friday.
The driver managed to stop the train, but the man became lodged between the carriage and the barrier, the report said.
“The people who were with the man tried to pull him back through the gap but to no avail,” a witness was quoted as saying.
