In a daredevil act, a 57-year-old woman was saved from the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Trans Harbour Link bridge, popularly known as Atal Setu, at Nhava Sheva on Friday evening by an alert cab driver and the cops. The CCTV footage of the act has gone viral and shows the cab driver catching the woman as she tries to jump off the bridge.
Quick thinking prevents Bridge tragedy
It occurred at about 7 pm when the 31-year-old cab driver Sanjay Yadav was asked by the woman, who is from Mulund, to stop the vehicle on the bridge and claimed that she had to immerse some religious photos in the sea.
Information was given to the Nhava Sheva Traffic Branch Patrolling Team that the vehicle had come to a halt on the Atal Setu bridge and the woman crossed the railing. The team arrived a bit late as by then, she had already jumped into the sea, but Yadav managed to catch her by her hair. Later, the cops pulled her back onto the bridge.
Viewers Discretion Advised
Responding promptly to an attempt to die by suicide at MTHL Atal Setu, the on-duty officials, PN Lalit Shirsat, PN Kiran Mahtre, PC Yash Sonawane & PC Mayur Patil of @Navimumpolice jumped over the railing & rescued the individual saving her life.
— पोलीस आयुक्त, बृहन्मुंबई – CP Mumbai Police (@CPMumbaiPolice) August 16, 2024
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Heroic rescue at Atal Setu Bridge
Mumbai Police Commissioner tweeted, ‘Responding promptly to an attempt to die by suicide at MTHL Atal Setu, the on-duty officials, PN Lalit Shirsat, PN Kiran Mahtre, PC Yash Sonawane & PC Mayur Patil of @Navimumpolice jumped over the railing & rescued the individual saving her life. I request citizens to value the gift of life and not act on impulse in such circumstances. Never forget, your loved ones deserve better.’
The woman was taken to the Navi Mumbai police station and her family was informed following the incident.
There have been at least two earlier incidents of the same bridge, where a 38-year-old engineer jumped in July and another 43-year-old woman in March.
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