A 24yearold woman fell onto the tracks of a train station in Argentina when a vehicle arrived at the scene, but survived with minor injuries. The case happened about two weeks ago in the city of González Catán, according to the Clarín newspaper, and the images went viral after the state railway company released the video.
The young woman, identified as Candela, reported experiencing a drop in blood pressure, according to the Argentine publication. She said she tried to ask someone in front of her for help but ended up falling onto the tracks. The pictures show her staggering alone until she falls into the gap between two carriages and then between the platform and the train.
When it arrived at the station, the vehicle was already traveling at a slower speed. Immediately after Candela fell, he stopped. The video shows people rescuing the young woman, who later left the platform in a wheelchair and was taken by ambulance to a hospital in the city, in the province of Buenos Aires. She stayed in the hospital for 12 days with multiple trauma and has since been discharged.
The injuries he sustained include a fractured rib that caused liver problems, a severe contusion on his head and hearing loss in his left ear, according to Argentina portal TN.
Added to this is the unconsciousness at the time of the fall. Candela told the C5N channel she doesn’t remember the episode. “My blood pressure went down and I passed out, so you can see in the video I’m staggering until I fall,” he said. “I remember saying to a gentleman, ‘Help me, I’m feeling down,’ and then I found myself lying on the floor with a lot of people. I don’t know what happened in the meantime. I saw it on the video.”
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On the TN website, the young woman also said that she has suffered from fainting spells since she was 15, although these episodes are not common. After the case in the ward, she said she needed to run a series of tests and begin treatment.
She claimed not to understand how she survived. “From what I saw in the video, I think I saved myself because the train was already braking and I remembered falling between two carriages. C5N