A tourist who was visiting Sri Lanka from China was dragged from a train carriage when a tree hit her as she filmed a selfie video. Luckily she survived the terrifying incident
Sri Lanka: Tourist falls from train while posing for picture
This is the terrifying moment a tourist fell from a train after being hit by a tree while dangling out of the carriage for a selfie video.
The young woman was holding onto the railings and leaning back when her head got caught in some branches. She was quickly dragged from the carriage.
In horrifying footage of the incident, one of her arms can be seen flailing in a panic as she falls out of the train. The man behind the camera can be heard shouting while passengers look on in horror. The accident occurred on Sunday on a train in Sri Lanka.
Luckily, the woman, who had visited the country from China, was not seriously injured. The train ground to a halt at the next stop and passengers walked back to help her. The fall had caused her to land in some bushes.
Local police have reminded passengers on trains to pay attention to their surroundings at all times. They have also urged others to follow safety precautions.
Back in 2019, a woman who got her finger trapped in a closing train door was dragged onto the tracks under the train. The horrific ordeal in San Francisco was captured on CCTV at the station. The woman could be seen walking down the stairs at the city’s Embarcadero station when she tried to get on the train as the doors were closing.
It seemed as though her hand got stuck in the door as it was closing. She could be seen talking to an employee standing on the platform just feet away, but the train started moving and she was dragged off the platform and under the train.
Eyewitness Will Hayworth said: “I heard shouting behind me, and I didn’t know what was going on, but there was a commotion and I was scared honestly. She was trying to keep up with this train and this new Muni car was dragging her by her hand. … People were shouting, ‘Stop!’ and a couple of people were banging on the car even, shouting ‘stop, stop, there’s somebody trapped.’
“She was keeping up, but still being dragged,” he continued. “The car didn’t slow down at all. Basically, it didn’t seem like the operator had any idea of what was happening.” Paul Rose, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) spokesperson, said: “The door closed with less than a half an inch of space between the door and the door jam when she reached her hand in the door.”
