"Five-year-old Odisha boy falls off a train in a forest, and is rescued hours later."
Railway police inspector MK Sahu said the boy’s father and uncle, who were traveling with him from Durg to Bhubaneswar, were asleep when the boy fell from the Durg-Puri Express.
Arpit Pattnaik
A five-year-old boy from Odisha’s Berhampur had a miraculous escape after he fell off an express train in a forested area. The incident occurred while the boy's father and uncle, who were traveling with him from Durg to Bhubaneswar, were sleeping. The boy fell from the Durg-Puri Express while going to the toilet around 2 am on Wednesday. The compartment door was open, and the boy fell while looking out. He slipped and fell near Angarpada village, nearly four kilometers from the Rairakhol station. He suffered injuries to his head and hands and was unable to decide what to do, so he sat on the tracks. A few hours later, the pilot of a goods train traveling on the same track spotted him and alerted the Rairakhol station authorities.
According to railway police inspector MK Sahu, the Railway Protection Force personnel rushed to the scene to rescue the boy after he was spotted. The boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Meanwhile, the boy's father had looked for him in all compartments before informing authorities at the Dhenkanal station. He later learned that his son had been rescued and was receiving treatment.
