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KOLKATA: Timely action by a local train guard saved the life of a man lying close to the tracks near Hooghly's Rishra station on Wednesday afternoon. The man, aged about 30 years, was first spotted beside the tracks by S K Acharya, motorman of the 37829 Howrah-Burdwan main line local. He reported the matter to the train running control office at the Howrah station. The message was relayed by the control room to A Mukherjee, guard of the 37655 Howrah-Memari local, which was near the Konnagar station at that time.Mukherjee contacted Rishra station and asked for a stretcher and some porters. Around 1.27 pm, he stopped the train at the spot where the youth was lying and helped him get to the stretcher. The stretcher and porters were then transported by the train to Srirampur station where an ambulance was waiting. At 1.35 pm, the unidentified man was admitted to the Walsh Hospital in Srirampur.In another incident, a 14-year-old student from Howrah fell from a local train after getting smashed into an OHE mast and died on the spot. The accident took place near a level crossing gate at Puddapukur between Shalimar and Santragachi stations on Wednesday afternoon. The boy was returning home from tuitions. According to South Eastern Railway (SER) officials, the accident occurred when the Class-VIII student was leaning out of the door of the local train.

"The deceased has been identified as Karan Kumar Singh, a resident of the Kazipara in Shibpur. His father Kamlesh Singh is a transporter. It seems that he had boarded the Santragachi-Shalimar shuttle on his way home. It is still not known whether he was with friends. He must have been leaning out of the door of the train, when he got smashed into the mast and fell beside the tracks around 3.50pm. He died on the spot. Locals alerted the government railway police (GRP) after spotting the body. Singh's body was identified by his family members and sent for autopsy," a GRP official said.

The GRP will inquire into the incident and speak to the boy's friends to find out whether any foul play was involved. SER officials, meanwhile, confirmed that the train wasn't crowded and there is little possibility of the boy being pushed out by other commuters.

lost his life after smashing into an OHE mast and getting thrown off a local train near a level crossing gate at Puddapukur between the Shalimar and Santragachi stations on Wednesday afternoon.