Sari gets stuck in Delhi Metro door, woman injured
TNN | Updated: Apr 17, 2019, 05:55 IST
Representative imageNEW DELHI: A 40-year-old woman was dragged on the platform and sustained severe head injuries after her sari got stuck in the train door at Moti Nagar metro station on Tuesday.
The incident happened in the morning at Blue Line’s Moti Nagar station (Dwarka-Vaishali/Noida City Centre) when Gita, a housewife and resident of Shastri Nagar, accompanied by her daughter, was getting down from a metro train. They were travelling from Nawada and while getting down from the train, the pallu of Gita’s sari got stuck in the door, which was closing. As the train started moving, Gita got dragged along for some distance before the driver of the train slammed the emergency brakes. According to sources, passengers inside the train pressed the emergency button to alert the driver to stop the train.
Gita received serious injuries on her head and was taken to a hospital and didn’t gain consciousness till late in the evening.
“An incident was reported at 9.19am where a passenger’s sari got stuck in the train doors while deboarding from the train going towards Vaishali. The train operator immediately applied the emergency brakes and stopped the train,” a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson said.
“The station controller also rushed to the site where the woman was rescued and sent to a nearby hospital after providing first aid,” he said, adding that there was no delay in train services due to the incident.
“Delhi Metro advises its commuters to be extra careful while boarding and deboarding from the train, especially during peak hours,” the spokesperson said.
The doors of Delhi Metro trains are designed in such a way that they can detect objects more than 15mm wide and automatically open and shut again in a matter of seconds. This safety mechanism didn’t come into effect on Tuesday morning as the sari was not thicker than 15mm.
“We have constituted an inquiry into the incident and after assessing all the details, appropriate action will be taken,” the DMRC spokesperson said.
The incident happened in the morning at Blue Line’s Moti Nagar station (Dwarka-Vaishali/Noida City Centre) when Gita, a housewife and resident of Shastri Nagar, accompanied by her daughter, was getting down from a metro train. They were travelling from Nawada and while getting down from the train, the pallu of Gita’s sari got stuck in the door, which was closing. As the train started moving, Gita got dragged along for some distance before the driver of the train slammed the emergency brakes. According to sources, passengers inside the train pressed the emergency button to alert the driver to stop the train.
Gita received serious injuries on her head and was taken to a hospital and didn’t gain consciousness till late in the evening.
“An incident was reported at 9.19am where a passenger’s sari got stuck in the train doors while deboarding from the train going towards Vaishali. The train operator immediately applied the emergency brakes and stopped the train,” a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson said.
“The station controller also rushed to the site where the woman was rescued and sent to a nearby hospital after providing first aid,” he said, adding that there was no delay in train services due to the incident.
“Delhi Metro advises its commuters to be extra careful while boarding and deboarding from the train, especially during peak hours,” the spokesperson said.
The doors of Delhi Metro trains are designed in such a way that they can detect objects more than 15mm wide and automatically open and shut again in a matter of seconds. This safety mechanism didn’t come into effect on Tuesday morning as the sari was not thicker than 15mm.
“We have constituted an inquiry into the incident and after assessing all the details, appropriate action will be taken,” the DMRC spokesperson said.
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