Blind man survives after run over by Metro train

March 07, 2014 09:49 am | Updated May 19, 2016 06:49 am IST - LOS ANGELES

Authorities in Los Angeles said it’s “miraculous” that a blind man escaped uninjured after falling onto the tracks at a subway station as a train was arriving.

The driver of the Los Angeles Metro Red Line train hit the brakes when the man fell from the platform on Thursday, but the train didn’t stop until the second car had passed over the 47-year-old.

Metro spokesman Paul Gonzales said the man “lay flat as the train passed over him” and was untouched as a result. Mr. Gonzales said it’s “a miraculous occurrence.”

A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Fire Department said the man had no obvious injuries, but he was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

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