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A 14-year-old boy fell off a train platform in Tokyo on Sunday and was uninjured as a train passed over him.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 11 a.m. at Bubaigawara Station on the Keio line in Fuchu. Fuji TV reported that the boy was walking along the platform, talking with a friend when he got too close to the edge of the platform and fell 1.2 meters onto the tracks as a train was coming.
The driver of the limited express train said he was about 75 meters away from the station when saw the boy and applied the emergency brake but couldn't stop in time. The boy lay face down on the tracks and the train passed over him. Keio officials said there was about 40 cms between the boy's back and the bottom of the train.
Police said the boy emerged from underneath the train with just a few scratches.
© Japan Today
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Yubaru
One lucky kid, and smart enough to keep his head down.
sensei258
Glad he's okay, be careful
Aly Rustom
Very lucky and very smart. This could have ended differently. Kudos to the kid
Harry_Gatto
Yes, smart enough to keep his head down but not smart enough to have avoided falling off the edge of the platform in the first place. Why didn't his friend see what was likely to happen or were they both absorbed in their 'phones.
cleo
if it's the same boy, it was mentioned on the radio news this morning that he had just had 'treatment' on a leg (injury?) and probably wasn't very steady on his pins.
All the more reason to stay away from the edge, I suppose.
Glad he wasn't hurt apart from the scatches.
Mirai Hayashi
Playing games and walking at the same time?
MsDelicious
I did not realize there was that much clearance. Not safe for anyone obese though.
I had to walk 9 kilos to get home yesterday because of a jumper on the Odakyu Line. Terrible.
smithinjapan
Lucky boy! Smart for not panicking and keeping his head down. Less so for not paying attention while walking and talking on the platform. Glad it turned out well, and the boy now even has a story to tell.
Dre Hund
"It took a train to take me away from you, but a train.....can bring me home." Tom Waits.
Fapster
He needs a little more common sense this kid! Walking that close to the edge. His parents should also be punished for failing to education their child in the dangers of train platforms. Could have been much worse. Silly boy
pointofview
Sounds like a scene from a movie.
Thunderbird2
Barriers.... NOW!