The Egyptian governorate of Minya witnessed a heroic incident after a watchtower at the railway crossing control tower in the city of Maghagha saved a woman from death under the wheels of a train.
In the details reported by local websites, the observer intervened quickly when the woman tried to cross the railway line, despite the barriers being closed and the alarm bells sounding, so that he was able to pull her away from the train’s path moments before its arrival, preventing a certain disaster from occurring.
Video clips circulated on social media platforms showed the moment of tension and danger, as the woman was about to collide with the speeding train, while the controller saved her life at the last minute.
The observer was able to catch the woman and drag her to safety, to the astonishment of passers-by who witnessed the event directly, before the train passed the same place a few seconds later.
