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Man distracted by phone falls onto train tracks in Argentina

Updated / Thursday, 28 Nov 2019 10:26
Image: Policia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Image: Policia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

A man ambling along the platform of a Buenos Aires subway stop was engrossed in his cell phone to the point that he didn't notice as he approached the edge and fell off directly onto the tracks earlier this month.

The 49-year-old, walking along the Aguero stop of Buenos Aires' D line, was already wearing an orthopaedic brace when he plummeted onto the rail tracks on 13 November.

Luckily, bystanders came to the man's rescue and pulled him back onto the platform, where he was then attended to by emergency services personnel.

It's the latest in a series of similar incidents shared by police and transport authorities around the world in a bid to get people to pay more attention to their surroundings.

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