New born baby survives fall from train in India

A baby delivered inside the lavatory of an Indian
train slipped through the toilet bowl to fall on rail
tracks but survived.
Police officer, Anil Sirohi said on Wednesday in
New Delhi that a pregnant woman had labour pains
while travelling on Monday on the train in the
northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
He said that the 23-year-old went to the toilet and
delivered a baby girl that slipped out and onto the
tracks from the train.
“Passengers on the train heard her cries for help
and pulled the emergency chain to bring the train to
a halt.
“Moments later they ran toward the baby and found
it was alive,’’ he said.
The officer said that the railway police moved both
mother and child to a nearby hospital.
Railway official, Chandra Mohan-Jindal, said it was
a miracle that the newborn girl survived after falling
on concrete boulders of the track from such a
height.
“Fortunately the train was not at a great speed as it
had just begun its journey from the railway station.
Mohan-Jindal said that it was the second such
incident in India this year.
“In February, a baby born in a train toilet survived a
similar fall onto the tracks in the Rajasthan state.