He stumbled, fell and did not have time to get up: a man died under the wheels of a train in Minsk

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November 22, MINSK . The Minsk Department of Internal Affairs for Transport is conducting an investigation into the death of a man on the railway tracks, BELTA was told by the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

Yesterday, November 21, late in the evening, a 66-year-old Minsk resident was on the platform of the Stepyanka station. The pensioner was standing close to the edge of the platform, stumbled and fell with his back on the rails right in front of the moving high-speed train. The man tried to get up, but did not have time, as a result of which he was run over. The Minsk resident died.

According to the police, during the year there were seven train collisions with people in Minsk, four of them were fatal.

Due to the tragedyThe police remind you: you should not stand close to the edge of the platform, even if the train is far from the platform, near the railway tracks you must dismount and carry bicycles (scooters, other SPM) in your hands, crossing the tracks, pedestrians must take off headphones and other headsets, turn off music, to cross the railway track you should use decks and equipped crossings, you should not cross the road in front of a moving train. it is dangerous to be at the station under the influence of ALCOHOL or drugs.

A multi-ton train cannot be stopped in seconds, so you need to be doubly careful near the railway, the police warned.