Two alert railway men saved the lives of thousands of passengers early on Tuesday morning. After spotting a rail fracture, one of them ran towards a speeding express train and brought it to a halt while the other repaired the track. The restoration work was completed at 7.15 am.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2022/sep/Railway-men-1_e.jpg" alt="Heera Lal (Left), Mithun Kumar (Right)" width="1280" height="720" /> Heera Lal (Left), Mithun Kumar (Right)
One of the men, Mithun Kumar, said, &ldquo;Around 6.35 am, while patrolling the tracks, we spotted a crack in the track near Patripul in <a href="Mumbai:&#3720Two&#3720drown&#3720during&#3720Ganpati&#3720visarjan	&#3720&#3720https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-woman-crushed-to-death-by-tanker-while-avoiding-pothole-in-kalyan-23244249" rel="nofollow">Kalyan </a>and as we were examining it, I heard the blaring horn of theMumbai-Pune Indrayani Express. I ran towards the approaching train, waving and signalling it to halt, while my colleague Heera Lal got down to fix the broken track.&rdquo;
Central Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Shivaji Sutar said, &ldquo;It is quite praiseworthy that upon seeing train 22105 Indrayani Express approaching, Mithun Kumar, 23, immediately ran towards the train with red signal and stopped it in a timely manner while Heera Lal, 26, protected the site.&rdquo;

Prevent oncoming train from coming into contact with rail fracture near Patripul

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