Watch: Wheelchair User Rescued After Falling on Tracks at Budapest Metro

  • 17 Jan 2022 9:34 AM
Watch: Wheelchair User Rescued After Falling on Tracks at Budapest Metro
A wheelchair user was rescued after he fell onto the tracks at a metro station in Budapest, Hungary, on January 15, 2022 Hungarian Disaster Management officials said.

The train was able to stop in time without hitting the man, and emergency services lifted him back to the platform at the Ecseri ut station.
 

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