A Galician with a leg cut off by a train lay in the vestibule for half an hour, waiting for doctors
An emergency happened in the Kolomyshchyna in the Ivano-Frankivsk region - a train cut off a guy’s leg - he was carried into the vestibule, and doctors were called only at the final station.
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This was reported by the Reporter publication.
From the Gody-Turka station, where the tragedy occurred, it takes at least 15 minutes to travel to Kolomyia. They waited another 10 minutes for doctors, eyewitnesses reported.
“The train stopped, people carried him into the carriage, there were no doctors on the train, and there were no first aid kits either. No one provided help, and they called an ambulance right at the final station in Kolomyia,” says an eyewitness.
Information about the incident was confirmed by Svetlana Babushkina, acting. Head of the press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. According to her, such an unfortunate incident occurred in the morning, but rescuers were not called to the scene.
The Kolomyia Central District Hospital reported that despite the heavy blood loss, the guy survived.
A Galician man with a leg severed by a train lay in the vestibule for half an hour, waiting for medics.