A woman failed to 'mind the gap' while trying to enter a subway car in Tokyo fell into the 25-centimeter wide gap that separates the train and the platform. A subway employee on duty at the time thought that the falling 'item' was hand luggage and gave the all clear signal for the train to proceed.



Rocket News 24 says that no one is exactly sure how the poor woman ended up on the line, reports suggest that it happened when she was attempting to board the train itself. It is believed that fell between the 25-centimeter gap that separated the train and the platform. Miraculously, she fell into an area by the side of the track that is designed for emergency purposes.



The woman was also accompanied by a friend at the time who shouted at the top of her voice, “There’s been an incident on the track,” however the station employee made the snap judgement that what had fallen on the line was little more than a bag of some kind. After giving the okay signal for the train to proceed forward, he explained to the distressed friend that he would recover the luggage that fallen onto the track later.

As soon as the train had made its departure, the employer brought with him a “magic hand” (a tool used to recover fallen property from the tracks) and asked the friend of the woman, “Whereabouts did the luggage fall?” In response to which the woman replied, “What fell onto the track was a human being!”