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A man who became paralysed after he was injured trying to squeeze onto a crowded train during rush hour has won 260,000 yuan (HK$293,000, US$37,700) compensation from the Beijing subway, Chinese media reported.
A district court ruled on Tuesday that the Beijing Metro was partly responsible for the incident that took place in January 2014, the Legal Evening News reported.
The 55-year-old man had been pushed forward by the surging crowd on the subway platform at Line 5’s Tiantongyuanbei station when the accident occurred.
One woman reportedly killed and another escapes injury after falls on Beijing subway
The man, who was not named, hit the train door as he fell.
He lost consciousness, but did not receive medical aid until after the train had travelled another three stops, the report said.
He sustained a spinal injury from the fall, which left him paralysed.

After the incident, the man sued the Beijing Metro for negligence, demanding 1.9 million yuan compensation from the subway operator.
The court, however, ruled that the operator was only partly responsible for the accident and should pay just 260,000 yuan, the report said.
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Line 5 on the Beijing Metro is the only subway line available for residents of Tiantongyuan, a neighbourhood with a 500,000-strong population. It suffers massive subway congestion problems during morning and evening peak hours.
The Tiantongyuan station is one of Beijing’s busiest subway stations, and has restrictions that limit daily rush-hour passenger traffic.
The paralysed man is not the only one who has sued the Beijing Metro for injuries sustained during rush hour.
Passenger sues Beijing subway operator after his leg was broken by rush-hour crowd
In 2015, another man sought 54,000 yuan compensation after his leg was crushed when passengers forced him into a crowded train. The incident left him unable to walk for months and cost him his job.
In 2014, a woman was awarded barely over 5,000 yuan compensation from the subway operator after she broke her leg trying to board another crowded train in Beijing.


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Rush-hour traffic in Beijing. Photo: Handout

(160213) -- BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Passengers wait for the subway at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, China, Feb. 13, 2016. As the nationwide Spring Festival holiday comes to the end, the number of passengers in railway stations rises as people flock back to cities where they work. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin) (zhs)

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