Man loses leg while trying to save mobile phone

Soro: In a bid to save his mobile phone from falling, a man lost his left leg. He fell off a train near Sabira railway station under Soro block in Balasore district.

Standing beside the train compartment door during his journey to Bahanaga from Bhadrak on Thursday, the injured man, Dheera Sundar Sahu of Paikasta area in Balasore, lost control while trying to save his falling mobile phone and fell under the running train. His left leg was crushed under the wheels near Sabira station.

Later locals and police rescued Dheera in a critical condition and admitted him to the SCB hospital in Cuttack.