The engineman saw something that looked like a heap of garbage on the railway sleepers, but when the train was about two metres away, he realised it was a human covering his head with a cloth.
The victim immediately raised his head and was h!t by the right side of the train bumper. The victim sustained head !njur!es and bruises on both legs.
“The engineman managed to stop about 15 metres away from the scene of the accident. “He then summoned an ambulance that ferried the victim to Mpilo Hospital,” said Inspector Ncube