A man at a train station near Mumbai risked his life to sprint across the tracks, barely missing being struck by an incoming train. <br /><br />The incident occurred at platform 3 in Navi Station, Thane, Maharashtra.<br /><br />The man can be seen dashing across the tracks, ignoring a speeding train and only dodging it by inches, before climbing onto the platform and running away.<br /><br />Railway officials said the man's life was saved by the train pilot who saw him trespassing and applied emergency brakes to save his life.<br /><br />An official from Central Railway (CR), Mumbai, said: “The incident was recorded in the CCTV cameras at 7.42am. The man first jumped off a running train to catch another train that had arrived on platform number 4.”<br /><br />The train pilot MP Chavda, 50, who saved the man's life said: “As soon as the train arrived at platform number 3, I noticed a young man, who jumped off a train at platform number 2. <br /><br />"I immediately applied emergency brakes and used an alarm whistle to alert him, but he continued to cross. He escaped being hit by just a few inches.”
