Hungarian ingeniuty: a weird but effective way to free a person from the metro’s squeeze

A Hungarian lady’s hand got stuck between the metro carriage and the platform on Friday afternoon at an M4 metro station. Even though the vehicle that operates driverless was about to depart, an ingenious passenger pushed the emergency button, and the carriage stopped. Dr Hunor Novák wrote about the details in his Facebook post.

The accident

Travelling by Metroline M4 in Budapest, dr Hunor Novák heard screaming around 3 PM on Friday afternoon. As he got off the metro carriage, he saw a senior woman with her right hand stuck between the train and the platform. Fortunately, passengers stopped the vehicle, and there was enough time to free the lady.

The solution

However, it was crucial to act as quickly as possible to let the blood circulate in the veins of the stuck arm. Without doing so, the arm could have been damaged seriously. Because it would have taken too long to wait for the firemen to lift up the carriage, people had to find a quicker and more creative solution. This was the time when