Baby born on moving train slips through toilet onto tracks

A woman gave birth to a baby in a train bathroom but the newborn slipped and fell through the toilet onto the tracks below.

The incident occurred on a moving train near the Bhojipura railway station.

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Passengers heard the woman's cries and found her frantically asking for the train to be stopped.

They pulled the alarm chain and brought the train to a halt. They then found the baby on the tracks and discovered it had survived.

The mother, thought to be called Pushpa Devi, and her baby were both rushed to a nearby hospital.

According to the Daily Mail, Devi had been on the 52204 Tankapur Izzat Nagar train travelling for an eye check-up when she went into labour.

Speaking to the Times of India, divisional railway manager, Izzat Nagar division, Chandra Mohan Jindal, said" "It is a miracle that the newborn girl, after falling on concrete boulders of the track from such a height, survived.

"The Government Railway Police (GRP) and fellow passengers did a commendable job by immediately rushing both the mother and the child to hospital."