THIS is the horrifying moment a father and young son are dragged along a platform after trying to jump onto a moving train.
The man, who is carrying his child in his arms, can be seen sprinting alongside a moving locomotive with another male in a risky attempt to catch the departing train.
The friend manages to board through an open door as the train picks up speed.
In a heart-stopping second, the father loses his footing and slips into the gap between the train and the platform at Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj railway station, northern India.
Still clutching his son, the pair are dragged along the platform by the hurtling Train No. 15018 Kashi Express train almost being pulled under and onto the tracks.
Railway staff notice the commotion and rush to help them as waiting passengers watch on in horror.
People on the train managed to pull the man and boy to safety within the carriages, preventing a tragic accident.
The train comes to an emergency stop just in time.
According to local reports, there were no injuries from the narrow escape.
Northern Railway once again urged passengers to prioritise safety and avoid boarding or alighting from moving trains.
In their appeal, they reminded travellers to wait for trains to halt completely and follow safety guidelines.
In 2025, Indian Railways reported that over the last five years, 351 people died and 970 were injured in 200 railway accidents.
In India‘s Odisha’s Balasore district, the world’s deadliest rail disaster in two decades killed 296 people in 2023.
A passenger train derailed before being struck by a second train on an adjacent track.
Multiple carriages then followed, with countless toppling onto their side.
Authorities pulled almost 300 bodies from the wreckage, while more than 850 were injured.
It comes after another train crash tragedy rocked Spain just days after a crash claimed the lives of at least 42 people.
The latest horror in Barcelona has claimed the life of the driver and seriously injured five others.
A further 32 people are thought to have sustained injuries of varying descriptions.
This latest incident took place near Barcelona – between the towns of Gelida and Sant Sadurni d’Anoia.
The deceased driver was trapped in the cabin with three other crew members who had to be rescued from the mangled wreckage.
According to Catalonia region’s civil protection agency, the crash was caused by a “retaining wall [collapsing] onto the tracks”.
Shockingly, this was not the only rail incident to befall Catalonia on Tuesday.
A second train carrying 10 passengers derailed near Girona after rocks fell onto the track.
No injuries were reported, but authorities say recent storms are likely to blame.
This spate of horror crashes comes only two days after two high-speed trains derailed near the southern Spanish city of Cordoba.
The tail end of a train travelling from Málaga to Madrid derailed and slammed into an oncoming train bound for Huelva, plunging two carriages down a 13-foot slope.
Some passengers were catapulted through windows and their bodies were found hundreds of metres from the crash site, Andalusia regional president Juanma Moreno said.
