Commuters tilt train to save man

Perth: Commuters and railway staff teamed up to free a man by rocking a train carriage to free his leg after he became trapped between the platform and a carriage on Wednesday morning.

The man was boarding a rush hour train at Stirling station, 9km northwest of Perth, Western Australia, at 8.50am when he slipped and one leg became wedged in the gap. Quick-thinking passengers and staff saved the man leg, as it was being squeezed by the 90-tonne of train, by collectively rocking the carriage.

Immediately after his fall, the commuters alerted the driver and made sure the train didn't move. An ambulance was called to the station but the man did not sustain any serious injuries. Surprisingly, reports said, the man seemed to be a bit sheepish, because right where he fell was the ‘mind the gap’ writing.'