Daltonganj: A 28-year-old man lost both his legs after he was hit by Varanasi-Ranchi Express near Haidernagar railway station under Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division on Friday night.Haidernagar police officer T Mannan said the injured man, identified as Suvinder Ram, a resident of Bhai Bigha village, was found lying in a pool of blood beside the tracks.“The 108 ambulance service was on strike. We rushed to the spot and arranged a three-wheeler to take him to the sub-divisional hospital in Hussainabad,” Mannan said.Police have ruled out foul play and said the incident appeared to be accidental.Dr Shashi Bhushan, deputy superintendent of the SDH, said Ram suffered traumatic amputation of both legs below the knees. “He was given pressure bandaging, anti-tetanus injections and antibiotics before being referred to Medinirai Medical College Hospital (MMCH), Daltonganj,” he said.Dr Sushil Pandey, head of the surgery department at MMCH, said Ram underwent surgical debridement and was under constant observation. “He is stable,” Pandey said.
