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Man loses leg after backpack catches on departing train in Belgium
A man lost a leg after being dragged under a departing train near Heide station, close to Kalmthout in northern Belgium.
His backpack became caught as the train left, according to accounts cited by Belgian media.
Witnesses said the man had been put off the train with another passenger and then hit its doors.
Emergency workers resuscitated him at the scene and took him to hospital, where he remains in life-threatening condition.
His identity has not been released.
The crash temporarily halted trains between Kapellen and Essen.
The sources give no further details about an investigation or when services returned to normal.
A man lost a leg after his backpack became caught on a departing train in Belgium.
He fell onto the tracks and ended up under the train.
The accident happened around 17:15 at Heide station, near Kalmthout.
He was resuscitated at the scene and taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition.
Train services between Kapellen and Essen were interrupted for a time.
- Who
- A man whose identity has not been released.
- What
- He lost a leg after his backpack caught on a departing train and he fell under it.
- When
- Monday evening, around 17:15.
- Where
- Heide station, near Kalmthout, north of Antwerp, Belgium.
- Why
- His backpack became caught on the departing train, pulling him onto the tracks.
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The accident happened at Heide station near Kalmthout.
The man was resuscitated at the scene and taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition.
Train services between Kapellen and Essen were interrupted for a time.
- Location
- Heide station, near Kalmthout, north of Antwerp
- Time
- Around 17:15 on Monday
- Injury
- The man lost a leg
- Condition
- In life-threatening condition after being taken to hospital
- Rail disruption
- Services between Kapellen and Essen were interrupted for a time
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What people are saying
Then the victim got caught on the train with his backpack, and so he ended up on the tracks, under the train. That is how he lost his leg.